***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.
Kate says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope we’re still in our happy home and wonderful neighborhood and God-willing, a few new family members will join my husband and I and our first baby, sweet Lucy the Goldendoodle!
Becki says
FIFTH ME! Five years from now, not sure, but excited to see
Heather says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I see myself embarking on a kitchen and bathroom remodel! We just had a wedding so our next big savings goal is for this badly-needed remodel.
Liz U says
FIFTH ME!!
We’re expecting our first child, so in 5 years I hope to have a happy, healthy preschooler… and maybe a new baby or another one on the way!
Janis says
Fifth Me! No idea, I’m a stay at home Momma and LOVE that I literally have the freedom to just live in this moment and enjoy my babies. Maybe more babie and still at home, maybe working, maybe homeschooling. Either way I look forward to enjoying the ride getting there!
Jen says
FIFTH ME! I’ll hopefully be enjoying my hubby and perhaps a little one, and I’ll be finally living my dream of running a successful blog and owning my own boutique :)
Leah says
FIFTH ME!!!
I adore every one of those retailers and would be thrilled to win! In five years, I will have two 10-year-olds and a 5-year-old, which means ALL of my kids will be in school! WHOA. What will I do with all my time?!?!! Time to start dreaming and planning……. :-)
Heather @ What Does She Do All Day? says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years both kiddos will be in school (even if one is only gone half a day) and momma will have much more time on her hands for DIY projects!!!
Emily R says
Fifth Me!!! I would love to still be in my home, maybe with a significant other, living the life!!
Daniel says
FIFTH ME
In the woods
Katy C says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to be done fixing up our house, still able to stay home with my baby girl (and hopefully have another kiddo by then), continue to be blissfully in love with my wonderful husband….but most importantly I just want my family to be healthy & happy!
Lauren Abernathy says
Fifth me!!!
In five years, I’ll have an 8 year old, a 5 year old, and more than likely, a toddler. Hopefully, we will be in a different house, and my husband will be at a job he loves!
Kelly Mac says
FIFTH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Anniversary!
Jennifer says
FIFTH ME! I’m getting married in December, and I expect that the next five years will bring a lot of changes for us – probably relocating from the East Coast back to our hometown in the Midwest, starting a family, and buying a house!
Kari Edwards says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I’ll have a 6 yr old and hopefully another. We’ll be in the same house, but hopefully finished remodeling it and doing the back yard.
Sam Frank says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully I’ll be married and starting a family by then! *fingers crossed*
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope I’ll have 2 children and own my own company!
Marissa says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I hope we’ll have a second kid, who will be running around chasing after his/her older brother (who will be almost 7! eek!)
Erin says
Fifth Me!
I hope my family loved each other even more then now :)
Starr @ The Kiefer Cottage says
Fifth Me!
In five years, hopefully my family and I will be either in much better financial shape or we’ll be living abroad or both.
Cathy says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I see myself running my own coffee shop!
Katherine W says
FIFTH ME!! In five years, my husband and I will celebrate our 9th anniversary, and I hope we will have one more child by then. Our son will be in first grade (yikes!) and I hope we will be homeowners again and I will have landed a good long term museum job. Fingers crossed all around! Congratulations on your anniversary!
Lynette says
FIFTH ME!!!!! (notice the five exclamation marks!!!!!)
In five years I hope we’ve managed to renovate our downstairs and traveled to some fantastic places!
Happy Blogiversary!!!!!
Melenie says
Fifth me! In 5 years I will have a 9 year old, a 7 year old, and hopefully a 4 year old. ;)
Carissa says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have another baby and be planning to move to Dever… or some place with seasons, I love fall but it isn’t the same in FL!
Marlene says
FIFTH ME! Hope to be living in my same fabulous house, in the same fabulous city (Charlotte, NC), with my husband and 4 girls. My oldest will be close to driving! Yikes!
Natalie Fleischer says
Fifth me because I am a huge fan of yours and love love love your blog, it’s my afternoon pick me up instead of a fifth cup of coffee every weekday. On the weekends, it’s something my husband and I share. In 5 years, I hope to be living with my husband and then 7 yr old son Adrian in Barcelona, i love House Hunters and am insprired to live abraod for a while. My husband’s company’s main office is there so there is hope :)
Sandy says
FIFTH ME! I see my family and me living in the same home we have now but rennovated!
Stephanie M. says
FIFTH ME
In five years I see myself living back on the west coast, this time in Washington with my husband and hopefully a kid or two. Don’t know what’s in store for the career. Is it wrong that I don’t care? Whatever it is, hopefully it’ll make me happy!
Corrin says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I will have bought my first house, probably gone back to school for my masters degree, and who knows maybe be married.
Ashley says
FIFTH ME
Getting ready to send the little guy I’m pregnant with to Kindergarten!
Laura M says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will hopefully have a few kiddos running around the house and maybe a new job.
Ashley says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to own a home with my husband and two daughters. Maybe by then we’ll have another child and a dog! :)
Amy A says
FIFTH ME! In five years, my daughter will be 7 almost 8 (gasp!) and new soon-to-be-here baby sister will be almost 5. Maybe we’ll have a third child, too? Lord willing, we will be out of our condo and in a larger house!
Carla says
FIFTH ME!
I don’t care where I am in five years as long as I am happy!
Grace Y. says
Fifth me!!! In five years I want to have 2 healthy children and be moved into our home :) congrats to you guys!!!!!
Ashley Bland says
Fifth Me!
In five years I hope we will finally have our kitchen redone!
Kristen says
FIFTH ME! Oh my goodness, please fifth me :)
In five years I’m going to be living overseas, probably in Latin America. My kids will be in school and my daughter might even be borrowing my shoes!
Kitty says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I see myself finished with grad school and, I hope, engaged in a career related to my subject of study–although frankly, I’d be happy with a satisfying career in any field at this point. And I imagine I’ll be in the same fixer-upper house, which is why I’d really like this prize!
Leigh Anne says
FIFTH ME!
My husband and I have our first child on the way, so in five years, we’ll have a four year old son who will hopefully have a little brother or sister! We may look for a new house at that time too. It’s exciting to think of what the next five years will bring!
Kimberly R says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, we will probably have expanded from a family of three to a family of four or five! And I hope that by then we will have moved into a bigger house, possibly in a different city. Who knows where life will take us!
Katie says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be skinny and only working part time since both my kiddos will be in school. I won’t be paying those huge daycare bills anymore!!
Paula says
FIFTH ME! This would be an absolute dream! In five years I’d love to have some babies of my own with my hottie hubby. We’ve been working on this for 2.5 years, so I hope 5 years from now we would have some kiddie laughter in our house. Congrats on 5 great years!
Allison says
Fifth me! We will definitely be needing a bigger house and will involve me seeing one of my babies off to Kindergarden. :0(
Kate says
FIFTH ME
In five years I hope my little home renovation blog will have had 10% of the success of yours!
Ashley {GirlyObsessions} says
FIFTH ME!
What a great giveaway! In five years I hope to have a family! My husband and I both want kids, but we are taking our time! I also hope to be blogging full time by then! Again, you guys are such an inspiration!
Jessica says
FIFTH ME – In five years, I’ll probably have a kid and be in a house.
Nikki says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in 5 years we have a new house!
Jennifer A. says
fifth me! homeschooling and rasing my kids, hopefully in a different home!
Karen says
FIFTH ME! Who knows…my husband is in the Army so we could literally (said like Chris Treager) be anywhere in the world in five years. :)