***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.
Christine says
FIFTH ME!
I hope more than anything in the world that we will have a child in our lives in the next five years.
(We’ve been battling infertility for over three years)
Kaitlyn K. says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be really happy in my career and looking to buy and then DIY a home!
Amanda says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years, I hope to own a home and fill it…with all sorts of DIY home decor, beautiful furniture, and maybe a kid or two :)
Brandi says
FIFTH ME!
My boys will be between 15 and 9, so it will be similar, minus the day care, but with the addition of high school.
Rachael says
Fifth Me!! It would be so cool to be working on our own home renovation in the next five years…we’ll see! ;) I do see love & joy in the future though for sure!
Amanda K. says
FIFTH ME! Still happily married, in a slightly bigger house with maybe 2 more kids…we had our first last year. :)
Catherine says
FIFTH ME”
I would love to be working on my second home renovation in five year! Maybe even start a family.
Lauren says
FIFTH ME! In five years I’d like to be a partner at my firm and maybe a mom!
Katie says
FIFTH ME! I have 5 years to finish all my architectural licensing exams before the clock restarts and I have to take them all over again! I hope to see myself with all that studying and stress behind me!!!
Erinn C says
FIFTH ME! I’m on a five year plan so by then I’ll be a mom and living in a different city (at least that’s what I think but we all know nothing ever goes according to plan!).
Ashley says
FIFTH ME
Five years down the road doesn’t look much different from the present for me.
Eleen says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping to start a family with my hubbby within the next five years ;o)
Trisha says
FIFTH ME!
Five years from now I hope to be in our new dream home with a second baby and a happy 8 year old (omg that just freaked me out a little bit!)
Theresa S. says
FIFTH ME” I can see myself married in five years.
Maria says
FIFTH ME!!!
AmyW says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to still be loving life with my husband and dog. And hopefully a little one by then!
Gracie says
FIFTH ME! I’m a freshman at UT (Go Vols!) – in 5 years I hope to have started pharmacy school!
Leslie says
“FIFTH ME”
I hope to be in a new job that I LOVE. Have a few chilluns and get EVERYTHING I am dreaming of done to my new house…
Monika says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I will have a senior in high school! WOW!
Gina says
FIFTH ME I see myself in the same house with a totally remodeled master bath and my 9 year old will have knocked down the wall between her room and her brother’s since he will be in college. She will be almost 15 then and will need her lounging space.
Kristin says
Fifth me! In 5 years I foresee new baby, new house and new job! Pretty exciting actually!
Mallory @ R. Simple Life says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, we’ll have this little baby that I’m growing – on the OUTSIDE. He’ll be four and a half. So hopefully we’ll have another one for him to play with ;) I’m sure we’ll be in a different house in a different city (thus is the life of a military wife!) but hopefully it’ll be somewhere cool like Rhode Island or England or Canada. I’m not sure where I’ll be professionally… possibly at my same job, since I love it, or maybe working a little more for myself. Fun to dream!
Madelyn Ridgeway says
Fifth Me!
Alex says
fifth me!!
In five years, I will (hopefully) own my own place!! It will be nice to pay a mortgage instead of line my landlord’s pocket, and it will be even better to be able to have a pup and make changes to my home without having to clear it with someone else!
Congratulations on five years! Love your blog!
Cary says
FIFTH ME!!
Happy Blogiversary!!!
In 5 years my 4 babies will all be in school and I will probably be crying in a corner not knowing what to do with myself…until I have to go pick them up from school and cart them to 80 different afterschool activities. =) Also still happily married to my wonderful husband who I love and appreciate more each day!
Joan says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to be enjoying life and all it has to offer. Another child and a move to a new city or house would also be pretty darn awesome!
Andy says
FIFTH ME! All I want to see then, now, and any time is good health and happiness.
Kelly says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to be living in a place with a second bathroom!
Shannon says
FiFTH ME! Happy five years to you guys! I see us moving to larger house and maybe adding a kid or two in the next five years, but, as you said, who knows what will happen!
Rachel says
Fifth me!
In five years we’ll hopefully have a house and at least one (maybe two!) kiddos.
Jennifer Close says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself living happily with my hubby, our furry children and at least one of our own! We just purchased our first home so I’m hopeful we will have it DIY’d to our liking!
Lyndsey says
FIFTH ME!!!
My youngest are 4 and 5, so in five years I will be grateful to be out of the preschool age group, forever!!!! :)
Cheri @ I Am Momma says
Holy FIFTH ME! That’s one sweet prize. In five years I’ll probably be in the same place but I’ll be watching my boys turn into little men.
anne says
FIFTH ME
Five years from now, no more day care expense! More money towards home projects!
Kayla says
Fifth me please!
In five years, I hope to be in the same house (although with it looking really different :)), in a new job, and with a baby!
Beth says
FIFTH ME! Who knows where I’ll be in 5 years. My mom always says “you never know what can happen in a year.” She said that to me once, and within a year, I was engaged! Didn’t see that one coming!
Rebecca says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I expect to have a much more DIYed house full of little ones, some of whom may be of the four-legged variety!
Can’t believe I’ve been following your blog for over four years… Congrats!
Leanne says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to be a mom to one or two kiddos, happily established in my job, and hopefully will have hung up that stupid towel rack in our bathroom that’s been waiting on me for 2 years!
Amy @ ElephantEats says
FIFTH ME!
I’m getting married in less than a month!!! So in five years I feel like so much will happen. I’m not sure yet where we’ll be living because it depends on my fiance’s job, but most likely the tri-state area or LA. I see a house in our future (hopefully with a lot of DIY projects!) and hopefully a baby soon too :)
Abby says
Fifth Me!
In five years I plan to still be happily married, watching my son grow up, hopefully have another kid or two, and be in a house closer to my son’s school.
Katie says
Fifth me!
In 5 years we plan on living in the same house although hopefully we have done alot more updating by then…this prize would certaining help that along…keep up the good work YHL!!
cedric says
5th me
hopefully we’ll be in our own house and not renting.
Leigh says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we’ll be in a new house because our littlest one will be in school and we’ll most likely need to find a new school district. But we live right next door to my parents right now so that’ll be hard! It’s been a major blessing to have them so close.
Caroline says
Fifth me! In 5 years, my baby will be in kindergarten! So I’ll be home, working on our forever house!
Katie says
FIFTH ME!
Who knows where life will take us in 5 years, but I hope to add at least one, maybe two more children to the one we have now. Ideally, we’d have sold our starter home, but I think all the work we need to do may put us over that point. Wherever we are, all I hope for is health and happiness – really!
Mel says
FIFTH ME! (So I can decorate my white walled living room and den!) :)
We hope to have our house paid off! We’ll then start reno on the house, new deck, new kitchen, maybe a new car? I think we’ll be in the same place, but I’m not sure about jobs. My husband is happy as a computer programmer, but I’d like to do something more artsy. I’d also love to say that I’d traveled a bit more, maybe overseas?
melissa says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have two kids and a much better job! Kind of scary:)
Lawren S. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, we hope to have a couple of little ones running around. And surely we’ll be done renovating by then, too:)
Sara G. says
FIFTH ME! My husband and I hope to leave Texas behind and be back in North Carolina with our family. We have been living in apartments since we started college and would love to have our own place in 5 years. A place that has a great bones but begs to be DIYed!
Katie says
FIFTH ME. I see myself juggling homework, ballet, and soccer practice with my two littles, who will then be eight and five. Hopefully still decorating and loving our 1950’s ranch :)