***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.
Jennifer S says
FIFTH ME!
I can’t wait to see what happens in the next 5 years. I have dreams of children, a new car, and continuing the happy life I have with my husband!
Jennifer Y. says
Fifth me! In five years I figure my stepkids will keep me busy with weddings and grandbabies … not quite sure how I feel about that being so soon! ;-)
Jessica says
FIFTH ME
hopefully either living in a foreign country volunteering, or raising a couple little ones. I’m happy with either outcome :)
Audrey says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years, I hope to be back in my home country (France), running a bed and breakfast!
Laura says
FIFTH ME!In five years I will have finished my masters degree (at least), have a stellar career doing something creative, have a husband and kids. Gotta dream big right?
Chrissy says
FIFTH ME!
Never have we been where we thought we’d be in each of the three five year marks of our marriage. So…I imagine we will have moved at least once more by then, we’ll have our oldest in college and six more between Jr. high and high school. (Don’t even bother trying the math…it just doesn’t add up!)
Kayt says
FIFTH ME!
We’re hoping for a happy, healthy family of four in five years. Hopefully doable, as baby number two is due in less than three weeks!
Juli says
FIFTH ME! I see myself still loving life, whatever the future holds!
Pam says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I’ll be a full time mama and blogger!
Erin says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully I’ll have a second baby by then and have moved to a “forever” home. Beyond that, who knows? :-)
Jesette says
FIFTH ME! We’ve been talking about buying a new home. So hopefully in five years we will be in our new home. (:
Caroline says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be happy and healthy and living life to the fullest!
Happy 5th!
Erin S. says
Fifth me! Gish, in five years, I bet we will be in a new house in a new city … And my kiddos will be five and eight! Unreal!!
Jennifer Rangel says
FIFTH ME!
I see myself buying a house in 2 years, and having a child in 4 years. by 5 years I hope to begin an animal rescue!
Kristina says
Fifth Me! In five years I’ll be done with Pharmacy school and hopefully working an awesome job I love!
Tracey says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have all of the major renovations done on our house (new windows, wallpaper removal, bathroom gut&remodel, new siding, etc etc etc) so I can actually start decorating for real.
Carolyn says
FIFTH ME! In five years I will FINALLY be out of grad school, which means we will hopefully be living in a whole other state and I’ll have a fancy new job!
Alan says
FIFTH ME! Hopefully I will be a college graduate from Michigan State University and starting my first teaching year as a secondary agriscience teacher and an FFA advisor!
Suze says
FIFTH ME!!
I’m hoping in five years my book will be published, I’ll have my own house and maybe a kid. This hear has been brutal.
Nicki says
Fifth me! In five years we hope to have adopted a family and buy a new house in one of our favorite towns that have great schools.
Jean says
FIFTH ME!!
I hope we’ll own our own home instead of renting and maybe even have a kid by then! But not before getting to do a little more traveling. Our next trip is going to be Germany!
Jess says
FIFTH ME! In five years I hope to be settled in to my first home with my guy, a good career and some serious DIY going on :) Congrats guys!
Erika P. says
FIFTH ME!! Oh please let me win!! In five years I’ll be married to my hubby for 10 years and maybe by then we’ll have a new house and baby #3.
Kelly Lee says
Fifth Me!
Fifth me! Fifth me! Oh please, Fifth me! In 5 years – my family will probably be living in The Woodlands, TX. I will likely be back to work as a nurse since my girls will be in school. Maybe there will be another baby in the family! Who knows…time will tell!
Happy Blogiversary to you two!
Elinor says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my little boy will have just turned 7 and I’ll be back in the workforce, at least part-time. Crazy! Hopefully we will have been able to move closer to the grandparents by then, too, but that’s more of a crossing-our-fingers-for-next-year thing. Maybe we’ll even be buying our first house!
Kristina says
FIFTH ME!
Five years seems so far away! My husband and I actually expect a lot of changes over the next five years. Likely kids, new jobs, a new city, a new home…
Jon says
FIFTH ME!
We’d love to be done renovating this house.
meerasedai says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I’ll have finished my Phd, be living in a new town, working a new job, and hopefully still having just as much fun!
Megan says
FIFTH ME!!!! Oh pretty please :) :) My fella and I are moving from the ATL to Chicago next month, so in five years, I hope to be living the city life that we dream of and planning an extra special wedding.
J Dizzler says
Fifth me! Staying at home with my baby with #2 on the way.
Becky S. says
Fifth Me! I hope that our youngest will have graduated (from UVa!), all three kids will be happy and employed (and employed happily!), and my hubby and I will have downsized so we can do some travelling. A married child(ren) plus a grandchild or two would be amazing, too!
Sue says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I hope to be living in my dream single family home, and having my hands full with my 2 kids who will be 8 and 6 by then!!!!
Donna says
Fifth me!
We hope to have a LO or two!
Jenna says
Fifth Me! In five years I hope to be settled in our “longer than 2 years” home as well as our “larger than 3 bedrooms for 4 people, two cats, and a dog” home!
Samantha Severson says
“Fifth Me”
In five years I see myself happily married and maybe moving on from our starter home. As well as starting a family. So we have lot to look forward to in five years : )
Colleen says
FIFTH ME!
I currently rent, and while I love to try to DIY accessories to make my apt look like my style…in 5 years I’d love to be in a house so I can paint and really have the freedom to make it my own.
Happy Blogiversary!
Elizabeth M says
“FIFTH ME” Hopefully, we will have finally finished every room in the house.
Kelly says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I’ll take anything that involves a happy home surrounded by loved ones.
Anna says
FIFTH ME!
In five years my girls will be 8 and 6 (YIKES). I really hope that by then we will be out of military housing and have our own place that I can work on myself!!!
Caryn says
Fifth me!
Married for 10 years, our daughter will be 5, perhaps another little one, and hopefully living either overseas or somewhere we can bike and/or walk everywhere. And I’ll have just gotten my first children’s book published and be working on the next.
LPD says
FIFTH ME! I hope to get a promotion at work, move from an apartment to a house with a big yard so I can get a dog.
Jodi says
FIFTH ME!!
In 5 years I hope to be debt free and be able to quit working!
Lynn Rickert says
FIFTH ME!!! I am hoping in five years to have built up my own business serving and connecting people with special needs kiddos, like me.
Christine says
FIFTH ME! I will have an almost 6-year old in five years! Hopefully we will be living in our own house then. My husband and I are planning on buying a family member’s house that will need a lot of love!
Debbie says
FIFTH ME!
Wenda Scott says
FIFTH ME
Hopefulyy I will be able to retire by then :)
Elisa says
Fifth me!
In five years, I hope to have a baby and looking into buying a little bit larger of a house! Happy Anniversary!
James says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I hope to be a father of two. (We have a daughter and one on the way, so God willing it shouldn’t be too hard.) I want to be in a better place to help other people in my life. I have a home I’m proud of, but I’d like to be better at sharing it with others, because when you’re blessed with things like nice, pretty homes, you should also be generous in including everyone you can. In five years, I’d love to look back and think that I’d made a difference.
–jdh
Jessica says
Fifth me! I would like to be finished with my MBA, and hopefully happily in love :)
Lindsey says
FIFTH ME!
I hope to have a second (dog!) and a finished basement :)