***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.
Lauren says
Fifth me!
Hopefully in five years I will have finished my PhD and will be starting a post-doc position in some far away and exciting place. Or I will be celebrating the successful opening of my bakery- after deciding the PhD wasn’t the best idea afterall….
Beth R. says
Fifth Me!! Hopefully in five years we’ll be in our forever home, our two kids will be in school, with our youngest in kindergarten and I will have more time than I’ll know what to do with!
Katie says
Fifth Me!!!! In five year jeez that seems like so far away. I hope to be done with our family, have #2 working right now and hopefully in a house that better fits our family and lifestyle!
beth says
FIFTH ME! And I see myself in kind of the same place in five years. Hopefully with more babies! It’s a great place to be.
Valerie says
Congrats on your 5th Blog-a-versary! That’s quite the milestone! In 5 big years maybe I’ll be a Grandma??? Maybe have purchased a new-to-me home closer to that grandbaby?? One thing for certain is that I’ll always be a follower of your blog! Thanks for the give-away!
Kristen says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years all three of my kids will be in school!!! Yay for thrifting without the stroller!
Brittany says
FIFTH ME!!! Hopefully we are knee deep in some remodels of our own! Or on the other side of them
Elyssa says
FIFTH ME!! I look forward to many adventures in the next five years, perhaps involving another cross-country move (West instead of North this time?).
Marcella says
Fifth Me! I hope will be right here at my same job which I love, with my one child who will then be 8, in my same little house with my husband.
Elana says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I would love to have already put an addition onto our small 1950s home!
Jessica says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to have at least one little one and some handle on our house (we’ve been here a year but the house turned 101 this year and needs a ton of work!).
Lindsay says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope I’m married to my love, Matt, and traveling around the world :)
Hillary says
FIFTH ME! I have no idea what are life will be like. But our boys will be nearly 10 and almost 8, so I imagine there will be some little league games goings on.
Kim Walker says
Fifth Me!
I will be in a different house in our same town and most likely working part-time.
Kelly says
“FIFTH ME”
I will be buying my first home and hopefully leaving the corporate world to follow my passion and start my own health and fitness club/business!
Alexandra says
FIFTH ME!In the next five years I hope to have done lots of traveling and spending quality time with my hubby.
tim says
FIFTH ME!
In 5 years I hope to have my own workshop so I can fulfill my woodworking hobby.
Mandy says
FIFTH ME! Hoping for a new house, new city, and new car by then. Kids will be 13, 11, and 6. I’ll have a teenager? I need to stop this thought process NOW. Scary.
erin j says
Fifth me! Congrats on your anniversary! In 5 I hope to be teaching and remodeling a newer, nicer home!
Aimee P. says
FIFTH ME…
In 5 years, I’ll be a mom to a 10 year old! And hopefully living in a different area of the country in a cute house.
Amp says
FIFTH ME!
NO IDEA where we’ll be in 5 years. But we had baby #5 recently. That counts for something, right?
Sarah L says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I hope to just where I am today…a little older, a little wiser but still raising my kids, loving my family, doing my art and just as happy :)
Rebecca @ the lil house that could says
Fifth me!
In 5 years my little baby will be well… 5, I hope to have another one, maybe have my own little business going and who knows if we’ll move!
Carrie W. says
“FIFTH ME” I hope to be in the same house, but with different paint and a little more furniture!
Bonnie says
Fifth Me! In five years, who knows? Hopefully we will have 1 or 2 more kids, one in elementary school, and maybe another dog. Maybe we will even have a new house!
Meg says
Fifth me! Husband and I close on our first house this Friday! Hopefully five years from now we’ll have some kids running around in there and the builder beige on all the walls will be covered up with something more fun!
jess says
FIFTH ME :)
In five years I plan to have completed my BS in Interior Design; I hope to be enrolled in a historic preservation masters program; I most definitely will not have the same job; and, I hope, my H and I have completed short-term renovations on our house.
Jessica says
FIFTH ME!!
I see myself with one, possibly 2 kids. Happily married to my husband and with a different job, hopefully working for myself!
Thad says
Fifth me! Hopefully in five years, we will have a completed house and a mostly completed yard/garden!
Nicole says
Fifth me!
Julie B. says
Fifth Me!
In 5 years, we hope that our house remodeling will begin! Gotta save up.
Kaylene says
FIFTH ME! Happy 5th year, you guys!
I see my hubby & I happy and growing our little family into full blown craziness. Complete with a dog, cat, random farm animals, and two kids!
Laura says
FIFTH ME!! In five years I hopefully will have my own house.
Mari says
FIFTH ME! I will be 30 in 5 years, so I see a potential Master’s degree and wedding somewhere in there :) And it would be wonderful to get to travel back to Europe, too!
Cait says
FIFTH ME!
I see my husband and I growing our family in the next five years, we might even have one or two children by then!! :) I also see our first home (which we just moved into) being more our style with some DIY upgrades accomplished!
Congrats to you guys!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!
Maybe a couple kids and a different job, but hopefully loving life as much as I do now!
Hailey says
FIFTH ME! I’m hoping to buy a house with my current fiance/ future husband and have a couple kids, a dog and a new job :)
maggie says
FIFTH ME! Five years! Wow! Hopefully I will have landed my dream job by then and living half way around the world celebrating my ten year anniversary with the hubs!
Kristen says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years I hope to have a 3rd baby, sell our 1st fixer upper and be working on renovations in our new home!
Maya says
Fifth me! In five years I’ll have one daughter in college and one getting ready to start college! We’ll be getting ready to be “empty nesters”.
Beth says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years my daughter will be 6.5 and be in school (trying not to cry). We’ll be done having kids and still be updating/renovating our small country style home on the same acreage as my in laws, BIL, SIL and cousins. We love it here. We’ll be still happy in love celebrating ten years of marriage then, and enjoying all the adventures life throws at us :)
Alicia says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will have been happily married for 5 years and three months to the day! I hope that we will be in a bigger house, and that we will have started a family!
Sarah says
FIFTH ME! I imagine we’ll have two munchkins (versus none right now) and I’ll be attempting to balance motherhood and a career – with varying degrees of sanity and grace, no doubt!
Happy Blogiversary, YHL!
Kris says
Fifth me!
In five years, we’ll still be in our house in the woods…or maybe some new house in the woods?
Damien says
Fifth me!
I hope in the next 5 years I will get to travel a lot and find a home that I really love.
Jaime says
Fifth Me!
We hope to be in a new house with a kid or 2 in 5 years
Julia says
FIFTH ME! In five years I want my husband, fur baby, and me to be out of our apartment and in the process of making our first house our home!
Kelly H says
FIFTH ME!
My oldest child will be 17 (yikes), next 15 (yikes), and youngest 10 (yikes)!!! I will probably not be a stay at home mom anymore…and I’ll be getting my oldest ready for college..WOW!
Jas says
Fifth me!! In five years… be in a long term relationship, have a fabulous job, and have visited five new countries!
Susan says
Fifth me! In five years, I hope to still be enjoying my Happy Blogiversary winnings!