***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.
alisa says
FIFTH ME: In the past I would make 5 year projections & somehow soon after my life was turned upside doen. So, I’ve sworn them off. But, in the last 5 years we accomplished to get married, adopt a 2nd dog, have our son, become a SAHM, buy a 2nd home, rent our 1st home and have our daughter. In that order. Phew.
Stephanie says
FIFTH ME! I see another kid… and if my hubby has his way we will be living in another state! Which stresses me out just thinking about it!
Ghenet says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, I hope my husband and I are living comfortably in our first home, and I hope to be doing my dream job!
Kaitlin says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully my fiancé and I will be married and buying our first home in five years!
Amy Q says
FIFTH ME!!!
Congrats on your 5th anniversary. I have been stalking you for that long??? Time flies!
In 5 years, my kids will be 11 and 8? Wow I can’t really imagine what I would do with all the free time. Hopefully we will be happily married and exploring the world!
Karen says
FIFTH ME!!!
Paula says
Fifth me. Hopefully, I will have my house projects done!
Hannah K says
FIFTH ME! We as we have our first child on the way in five years I hope there will be at least 2 little ones running our perfect family home (my husband and I will also have to find that in the next 5 years!)
Shannon says
FIFTH ME! I hope to have had my first child and still be living in the house that we bought this year- having completed many successful DIY renovations of course! :)
Ashley says
“FIFTH ME” Hopefully we have a kid in the next five years!
Judy says
FIFTH ME I hope to still be living in my home with my husband and lots of grandchildren running around
Chelsey says
FIFTH ME!!!
I have a 16 month old and another on the way, so hopefully in 5 years, my day care expenditures (AKA 2nd mortgage payment) will be close to over so I can spend more $ on updating our house!
Tara says
Fifth Me!!!
My husband is a United States Marine so I genuinely have not the slightest idea where I will be in five years. Such is military life!
Casi says
Fifth me!!
In five years I hope to be living in another country with my man, our puppy and…?! :D
Misty @ 2brokebruces says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in 5 years, I’ll have a better job (or, even better, NO job! lol) and be more comfortable financially… and hopefully be a little closer to finishing some of our home renovation projects!
Heather J. says
FIFTH ME!
I see my husband and myself living a simpler life – possibly in the same home, but who knows? – with hopefully a couple of kids with their dad’s eyes running around in the back yard.
Staci says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I see myself designing my own handbag collection.
Kathy P says
FIFTH ME! In five years, we’ll be working from our home office, and have a tween. Looking forward to simplifying our decor and creating a more conducive home work space.
Tara says
FIFTH ME!! I will officially be married! Ok, that is more like 5 days…not years. But hoping we’ll have a kiddo at that point and keeping our fingers crossed we’ll still love our house as much as we do now! Only…we’ll have a dining room table (we just moved in a month ago with zero furniture)!!
Eileen says
FIFTH ME!
I see a 5 year old and a 3 year old with my husband and me. I don’t really mind where, as long as we’re together.
Marlea says
FIFTH ME!
Probably moved to LA and married, hopefully with a little one on the way. Exciting!
Lauren says
Fifth Me! In 5 years it would be awesome to be on an adventure! Whether it’s a new city, a new job, an addition to our family, just not stagnate!
Maira says
FIFTH ME!
In five years we will hopefully be recently in a new home possibly in our current city or in Portland. But we will see, so much can happen in five years!
Karen says
FIFTH ME! Been married a year now, so there’s the possibility of a little one being around or on the way by then… no hurry for us, though!
Jenalyn says
Fifthe ME!!!
(coming out of lurkdom for this one!)… In 5 years I’d like to see myself in a new home, with 1-2 more kiddos and the opportunity to stay home with them!
Jenalyn says
Oh criminy… Is my entry invalid if I can’t even spell the “mandatory” words correctly? Fifth* me, please.
Amy @ For the Love of Georgia says
FIFTH ME!
If I had to guess, I’d say in five years, we’ll hopefully have one little one and maybe another on the way. And possibly in the process of building our forever house!
Tanya says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to possibly have started a family, working a job I love, and living in a home I think is beautiful!
Leslie R. says
Fifth me! I’m hoping to be a in better job or better career, hopefully with a landscaped yard and a remodeled kitchen. We can dream, right? :)
Kayleen says
FIFTH ME
In 5 years, we will have a third grader, and twins in first grade. We will be in the same home, and hope to have our basement finished by then – all DIY!
Hil says
Hopefully officially done with all school and residencies for my dream job. And my baby boy will be 5!!!! Craazytown. Maybe he will have an hermanito by then?Id settle for HAPPY.
Jennie P. says
FIFTH ME!!! PLEASE!!! In five years I hope to have the majority of our house done with only a few hints of 1976 left. I would hopefully have my invitation business up and running, since all the kids would finally be in school. And I will still be happily married to my hubby.
sarah says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, I’ll be finished with my doctorate and hope to have a full time teaching job!
nell says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, my 9 and 7 year old boys will be 14 and 12. So I expect to be doing even more laundry than I currently do, LOL.
sanam says
Fifth me! Hopefully we’ll be finishing up our kitchen reno that is currently just a pile of pennies being pinched :0)
Rebecca says
FIFTH ME! In five years my life will be totally different. Two kids (1st one is in the oven as we speak), different job, and a bigger house to accomodate the bigger family.
Brandy says
Fifth me!
I hope in five years I’ve found a great job in Denver, so it’s easy to do a ski weekend!
Lindsay says
FIFTH ME
In five years I hope to see my fiancee and I married and hopefully have a baby!
Marlo Williams says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself chasing a precious toddler around our six year old house that is feeling more and more like home every year!
Sara says
Fifth me!
Same house, I hope- we love it!
beth says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in the next 5 years we’ll go from the two of us in a townhouse in the DC area to a house back home in NJ with a kiddo or two!
Janae says
FIFTH ME! Married with at least 2 kids.
Nicole says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years, I can see our family growing by many feet! We are expecting in April and maybe a few more by then.
AND we just bought our first house so I would LOVE to win and start making our home our own!
Liz Mann says
“FIFTH ME”
In 5 years, my oldest child will be a high-school senior. yikes!! I hope we’d be living in our dream city of Charleston, but I’m sure we’ll be still here in Atlanta.
Steph says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself in an exciting new job and traveling around the world!
Amanda says
“FIFTH ME”…
In five years hopefully our daughter will have a brother or sister, and we’ll be looking at moving out of our current home and upgrading to a larger one!
Brit says
Fifth me! I see myself doing the same stuff, just with older/easier kids in tow!
Whitney says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I’d like to see myself at a new, more exciting job… perhaps with a little one to drive me crazy. :P
I’d also want to have our new house in good shape, because in 5 years it won’t be so new anymore, so I hope I will have made a good dent on all those home improvement projects I have planned!
Amy F. says
FIFTH ME!
I have no idea. I stopped trying to answer that question years ago when God took me a different direction than I ever would have imagined. So now I just try and keep up!
ilikebeerandbabies.com says
FIFTH ME
BONUS QUESTION: I see myself happy. With all of my family around me. We will have all grown and matured. But kept the best parts of us.
Candice says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself hopefully owning a home, with a special man by my side :)
Congrats on your fifth, YHL!