***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.
Candace G. says
FIFTH ME … I’m expecting my first child now, but in five years I bet we’ll have two children. I plan to be in the same city, likely the same job and hopefully less debt!
Heather Rae says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully in five years I’ll be married (to my wonderful boyfriend) with a kid on the way, with a mortgage payment each month and money in the bank account from my teaching career that’s taking a little while to get off the ground, but I have faith….
Cathy J says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be retired in 5 years and finally getting around to doing all the things I’ve been wanting to do!
Laura says
Fifth me… In five years I think I will have a couple more kids and we will be moving to a new house.
Congratulations on five years :)
Jennifer says
FIFTH ME!
TO be honest, i dont know where Ill be in five years, thats what I love about life. As long as my little family is happy and healthy, Im good to go
Katy says
FIFTH ME!
I want to be in our dream house but also debt-free!
Mary says
FIFTH ME! Married, maybe a new job in a new place, in a condo or house of our own!
Vicki says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I hope to still be happily married, maybe with a house of our own, and with two kids (working on #1 now).
Kelsey says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully converting our guest room to a nursery.
Lori says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to be in the same house, but to have completed a lot of small and large items on our “to do” list: reno kitchen, landscaping, fence, new windows, etc.
Rachel says
FIFTH ME! What a great question, I have no idea! My toddler will be a kindergartener but we may be in a totally different part of the country. All depends on what happens with my job search (ugh) this fall.
Lorena says
FIFTH ME! I see myself with 2 kids in school fulltime.
marcello says
fifth me! i hope in 5 years my girlfriend loves me for winning this contest for her….
Cathy says
FIFTH ME! I hope I’m still in my house–been here five years today, and it’s been the best place we’ve ever lived. Love my home!
Megan says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I plan to be moving back to California from Europe getting ready to have our first kid. It’s going to be a big year.
CJ says
Fifth me!
Meaghan says
Fifth me!
I hope to be mom to one (or 2, if i can talk my partner into it!) kids and having lots of adventures with my family.
Kristen L says
FIFTH ME!
Wow — Five years from now I expect things to be really different. Probably new house, new city, and maybe a growing family. So fun to see how much changes in only a few years.
Clare says
FIFTH ME!! In five years time I hope to be working in a job that I love, living in a house that I own and hopefully a baby in the mix too!
Sara Beth says
FIFTH ME! I don’t know where I’ll be in 5 years, but truthfully… I like it that way :)
Shelby says
FIFTH ME! I see myself happily married with a few more kids in our gaggle.
Casey says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I expect to be able to afford decorating my home with lovely items from FLOR, HomeGoods, Joss & Main, Shades of Light and Z Gallerie!! Winning would help me to achieve this goal much sooner than I thought. Fingers crossed!
Nicole S. says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope to have a new member of our family, and maybe have moved into our “forever home.”
Wendy says
FIFTH ME!!! Seriously guys what an amazing giveaway!!
In 5 years….probably doing the same thing I am now (If I’m lucky :)) but with kids 5 years older *sniff sniff*.
Cameron Lawracy says
FIFTH ME!!
Just found your blog and L O V E it! In five years…wow, we’ll probably have 2 more kids (to the 2 we already have) maybe with a 5th on the way, we’ll have moved 2 more times (husband’s in the AF) and I’ll be 35. So I’ll probably also be using wrinkle cream. :) Thanks for the giveaway! And congrats on 5 awesome years!
kylie says
FIFTH ME! I’d love to grow our family from three to 6 or 7 in the next five years!!! Wishful thinking I’m sure :)
Elli says
Fifth me!!! I have no idea what I’ll be doing in five years, but I hope it involves being happy and loved.
marcello says
fifth me. in 5 years i hope to be in or graduated from business school!
Amy Jackson says
FIFTH ME! I will, hopefully, still be living in this new home we just moved into and watching my oldest child start his senior year of high school. Shivers.
Carrie B says
FIFTH ME! We just moved (and bought our first house) and have a little bun in the oven. So hoping that we haven’t found it necessary to move in the next five years, and maybe have a second lil one on the way.
Caroline says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be finishing my doctorate!
Holly says
Fifth me! I can’t help but dream about a future 5 years from now with my hubby, my baby (expected in february!)and hopefully, my first novel. Congrats on 5 years, guys!
Megan says
Fifth Me!!
We just found out that we’re pregnant with our first and it’s hard to imagine that he/she will be starting kindergarten in 5 years! Yikes!! I’m so excited to be a mom and hope to have a growing family in 5 years.
Leslie says
FIFTH ME! Happy and healthy, God willing!
Simply Life says
“FIFTH ME” – happily working, married, and with little one(s)?!
Brent says
FIFTH ME!
I’d love to have my business running successfully.
Theresa says
FIFTH ME PLEASE!!! My full time job is a stay at home mom…part time job…I am a home stager/redesigner. My son will graduate from High School in 5 years (Oh man, did I just type that? :( Would love to have all our projects completed around the house before he leaves for college. Our next major project is our kitchen.
Thanks for the opportunity to win these great gift cards!
Ashley says
FIFTH ME!
Congratulations to you both on 5 years! I love your blog and can’t wait for your book.
5 years…well I hope to be in a larger house with one or two children. We shall see. ;-)
Akela says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in 5 years our new house will feel a lot more like home, we still have a garage full of stuff to unpack!
Christine says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years… I don’t know. I see myself out of NYC (too much noise, traffic, smog, anger…) and in a home with my husband and children. Wow. Saying that out loud is a little too much for me- dreams!!!
Also, this is a super-amazing give-away! Thanks so much for always pulling these together!
Andrea says
FIFTH ME!
I like to think that in 5 years my hubby and I will have a couple of kids and be moved into a larger house to accomodate our bigger family.
Megan K says
Fifth Me!
In five years, we’ll have a 5 year old (yikes!) headed into Kindergarten at this time of year :) Possibly in the same neighborhood as now, but moved out of our apartment. Maybe kid #2 will have shown up by then?
Andrea says
FIFTH ME!!
I think in five years we’ll be in the same place, though maybe with a plus one. We have an 6 mo. old now, and I’m thinking he’ll be any only child, but you never know. Would be nice to finish off the attic as a play room just in case!
Shawna says
FIFTH ME! I can’t imagine being anywhere different than I am now, which must mean I’m pretty darn happy with things as they are! :)
Abigail says
FIFTH ME
I five years I hope that my husband, 2 year old daughter and myself with have at least 1 more family member joining us. I hope that we are established in a house and were able to do all the repairs we say we are going to. I hope that we are making good head way paying off my husband’s loans for flight school and that I have moved up as least two rungs on the corporate ladder.
Jessica says
Fifth me!!! I hope to be living in a place we own.
Kiley says
FIFTH ME!…
In 5 years i am hoping to finally be playing in the backyard of my very own house with my 2 beautiful babies…who will then be 6 and 7..yikes! (and maybe even re-married if mr. perfect comes along:)
Kim says
FIFTH ME!!! In five years- hopefully 2 more of the kids out of the house, some more improvements to the house and possibly some more grandkids!
ashley says
fifth me!
out of the city, in the mountains and hopefully with child.
Jill Kouts says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we will have an empty nest. I imagine all my little projects around the house to make it a home will decrease because the kids will be gone. Really tugs at the heartstrings to think about it.