***This giveaway has reached our cap of 10,000 entries and is now closed. See who won below!***
It took you guys just a little under 6 hours to push this blogiversary giveaway to its 10,000 entry cap, so we’re here with an earlier-than-usual update on our randomly selected winner. That lucky person is… Britta (who’s currently living in baby/preschooler world so she hopes in five years she won’t “have to deal with someone else’s poop on a daily basis and to be able to sleep through the night!”). Congrats Britta!
For every blogiversary we try to do something special for that week’s giveaway. And this year we ran with the five theme and snagged five different $500 prizes for one lucky winner from a few of our favorite places: FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie. Which means someone’s gonna get a grant total of $2,500 to spend in celebration of our big five year blogiversary.
The five generous folks who are each giving away $500 aren’t just places we love, but also places that hold a special place in the our blog’s history (and future). In addition to being one of our first and most longstanding sponsors, Z Gallerie has dished out prizes for a blogiversary before – and was our first ever giveaway to break the 1,000 entry mark.
Richmond-based Shades of Light (also a long-time sponsor) has found their way into our home on several occasions (their local outlet makes us crazy). Plus we’ve got an exciting announcement about them that we’ll be sharing soon (secrets, secrets, are no fun).
Joss & Main is a newer favorite of ours, and they’ve invited us twice to curate sale collections on their site…. so we’ll always be grateful to them for making us feel like real designers – even if only for a brief time. Haha.
While HomeGoods seems to find their way onto our blog pretty often (like a $500 giveaway for you guys last week), one of our favorite instances was when they helped us makeover a local family’s living areas for them a while back.
And last but not least is FLOR, whose catalogs is one of our favorites to get in the mail. But more importantly, they’re gonna play an important role in our upcoming book tour. More details on that next week!
- PRIZE: $500 gift cards to FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie (totaling $2,500!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “FIFTH ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … where you see yourself in five years. We always say we have no clue where we’ll be down the road but it’s always fun to imagine, right? How might your family be different or have grown? Will you be in a new home or a new city? Will you have the same job?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, Sept 26th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie.
Jenny says
FIFTH ME
I am in the process of applying to school to get my MAT and am interested in working with / teaching the underprivileged youths in Chicago. So, hopefully in five years I will be three years into changing the lives of these young kids!
Angela says
Fifth me!! In five years my husband and I hope to be in our “forever” house with our 2 daughters. Perhaps a ranch with a big front porch :-)
Happy 5 years Sherry and John!
Kerri says
FIFTH ME. . .hopefully with my house evolving into something that will rise up to meet my family and myself!
Stacy S. says
Fifth me! Hopefully within 5 years I will be in a bigger house, either near where I live now, or in a whole new state because my husband will have received a promotion.
Ashlee says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be working less & enjoying more free time.
Terri says
FIFTH ME!! In 5 years my oldest child will be going to college. I’ll want to keep our home a happy place she’ll look forward to coming home to.
Sara says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I’ll be about to turn 32! I see myself married to my (now) boyfriend, raising one child and getting ready to have another, and working as a teacher – which I’m getting my Master’s degree for now! Here’s to a wonderful 5 years!
Meaghan says
fifth me!
In five years i will be a practicing nurse practitoner, probably still in San Diego, but maybe a different house, I will have one child, (or maybe 2!), and will hopfully have a fun blog to record my family’s life.
Oh and also, i hope to be keeping backyard chickens by then ;)
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Jacqui says
FIFTH ME! I am constantly on a five year plan… in five years from now I hope to have another child for #3, a new home, and hopefully in my hometown! Happy blogiversary!
Marcy L says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my husband and I hope to have a least one child, still working on improving our current home, I would possibly have a new job as an interior designer, and we would be financially set to do as many projects as I want without breaking the bank.
Happy Blog-a-versary!
Libby says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to see myself start a family with my hansome husband while keeping life as simple and fun as possible!
Anne says
FIFTH ME!
We just went under contract for our first house. I think that means we should win.
In five years, I hope to have finished my doctorate, have a kid or two, and doing either post-doc in Tennessee or looking for a tenure-track position somewhere in the eastern half of the U.S.
Julie says
Fifth me!
In 5 years, I hope we’ll have another healthy baby, and have decided what to do with our housing situation. Right now, we’re getting the itch and trying to decide whether to overhaul our current house or save our pennies for a new one. I’m hoping that’ll all be resolved come 2017!
Karla says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will be back in the Midwest with a new baby!
Sara says
Fifth me! In 5 years I hope to have given my daughter a sibling and to be working on our next house. We are currently in the middle of a flip and I am ready to move on to the next one!
Sherri says
FIFTH ME! In five years, my oldest will be off to college. Yikes, I don’t like to think of that. :( However, I will still have 4 at home, and I would love to be in a new house with tons of windows, and with my same loving husband, whom I don’t deserve.?
Sarah says
FIFTH ME!
Would love to be at the same job and in the same house, but with a baby (or two)!
Sara says
Fifth me! I just hope to be healthy.
I am pregnant so my baby will be 5 and starting kindergarten. Whoa. I hope my husband and I still act like newlyweds.
Jennifer says
Fifth me! Hope to have finished painting the house by then! :-)
Courtney D says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see myself re-decorating or remodeling everything I am currently working on! I think my style shelf life is close to 5 years! :)
jennypenny says
FIFTH ME!!!!!
Well, in 5 years my kids will be almost 12 and 8, yikes that sounds weird. I’m in the midst of a 100lb+ weight loss journey, and I’m just starting to do triathlons. It would be awesome to be able to say I’m doing or have done an Ironman in 5 years.
Catherine says
FIFTH ME!
I hope we’ll have added another member to out family and have found a long-term teaching job!
Hesper says
“FIFTH ME” In five years I will be 34 and hopefully finishing up school and buying a new house!
Jennifer D says
Fifth me! In 5 years… not sure, but hopefully happy and healthy.
Joel says
FIFTH ME!
No idea but hopefully have a bigger garage…don’t tell the wife ;).
Lisa says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to finally have my Associates in Interior Design and maybe be adding some beauty and function to other’s homes. I’ll also be celebrating 14 yrs of marriage and my son will be 13 and I’m sure I will have made many, many changes to our home, hopefully good ones that I can share with you!
Stephanie says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in five years I’ll be married, have a kid, and own a house. But I’ve got to get started on all that — I’m single and renting right now! :)
Shauna says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I’d like to see myself married to my bf of 7 years and plugging away at making our home somewhere fun and comfy to be!
Happy 5 years! I enjoy your blog so much!
Alison says
Fifth me!! I hope to be married and thinking about babies!
Katie says
Fifth me! We will moving from Ohio to Georgia in April, so I’m hopin that in 5 years, Atlanta will be home.
Bethany says
FIFTH ME!
I have no clue where I’ll be in 5 years because I never thought I’d be where I am now 5 years ago. But I certainly hope to be as happy as I am now!
Alicia says
FIFTH ME
In five years my kids will be old enough to travel! Hopefully we will be off seeing the world!
Ilana says
FIFTH ME! Happy, I hope!!
Karlei says
Fifth Me! In 5 years, we hope to have all the major projects on our house done, probably just in time to move. Sigh. :)
Liz says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to be paying a mortgage instead of rent and giving some DIY love to a fixer upper.
Rachel Silvester says
Fifth me pleeeaaassseeee!!
I hope in five years to have at least one more baby and a new house!
Gretchen Alice says
FIFTH ME. In 5 years, I’ll be 30 and I hope to be a published author by then!
Erin K says
FIFTH ME! – 5 years new job.
Shondra says
Fifth me! I’d like to have a lot of home remodels done in the next five years and enjoy my time with my little ones :)
Holly says
FIFTH ME!! I see myself having about 3 more kids and living in the house that we are dreaming of building!! :)
Elise says
FIFTH ME
In five years I hope to be just about where I am now, only a little skinnier, the house a bit more done and maybe one more kid!
Kelly says
Fifth Me!
I will have sold my current house for lots of money and have bought a house to fit the zoo I’ve collected:) And i’m just saying but a husband that is a carpenter, electrician and plummer would be nice too:)
Jackie says
FIFTH ME!
In five years hopefully we’ll have moved to Seattle and bought a house. Beyond that, who knows!!
Natasha R. says
FIFTH ME! My husband and I have JUST bought our first house together, so in five years I hope to have all the little things tweaked to reflect our own style, as well as having all the grand plans we had when we saw the house, completed! (A girl can dream, right?)
Mary says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have 3 kids, living in our same home in VA, enjoying life with my husband and our friends!
colleen stout says
Fifth me, I’m pretty sure in 5 years things will be pretty much the same. My husband and i still live in our starter home 29 years later (who knew) it has changed so much over the years and gets some updating every once in awhile but we still love it here. Our daughters and grandson love coming here so hopefully things are the same.
Kimberly says
Fifth me!!!
I see myself in another home, with another child (have a daughter currently), and continuing to do full time ministry with my sweet husband.
Emily says
FIFTH ME…
In five years I plan to be hanging out on my two-family front porch sipping on coffee with my lovely partner and adorable frengle pup by my side. Complete bliss.
Rebekah Boykin says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I see myself with my new husband in our new home! We just bought it in August and are slowly but surely making it our own! Maybe with a baby..or two.. :)
TonyJ says
FIFTH ME!
House finally renovated!!