***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.
Alexander says
Fifth me! Happy at work, hopefully with a kid or two, and still with my lovely wife.
Katie Wilson says
Fifth me!!
In five years, I would love to be graduated from graduate school and practicing as a SLP! My husband and I would also love to have a little one of our own!
Happy anniversary to you!
Marie says
FIFTH ME!
We are currently living in my parents basement until my hubby finishes school but in a few months he graduates and we will moving! So in 5 years I see us living it up in our first house doing all kinds of renovations and playing in a big back yard with our kiddos!
Erin says
FIFTH ME!
Who knows – 5 years ago I was in uni in Indiana and working on a engineering degree. Now I’ve got a dream job and live in Scotland. Maybe in 5 years, I’ll have decided it’s time to settle down and start a new adventure with kids? :)
Rod says
FIFTH ME!
Hopefully in 5 years we will have our started (and finished) our bathroom makeover
Ronda says
FIFTH ME!
Emma says
“FIFTH ME”! I hope I’m in the same house with the same husband, same bunnies, and the same career in five years :)
Sarah says
Fifth Me! In five years, my little boys will 9 and 7 and my sweet husband and I will celebrate 12 years of marriage?!? Craziness!
Emma says
FIFTH ME!
Our first is on the way, so scoping schools will be on our list about then!
Elizabeth says
FIFTH ME!
Camilla Moss says
FIFTH ME! In 5 years, my oldest will be in Middle School…pray for me! Hopefully, we will be looking for a bigger house and we’ll be debt free! Congrats on your blogiversary!
Camilla
Laura says
Fifth me!
In 5 years I hope to be doing my dream job… which is being a mom. I would love to have 1 or 2 little kiddos by then and ideally staying home full-time to love on them constantly!
Kit Darling says
Fifth me! In 5 years, I hope to have our 2 baby and our house remodel! Your blog is so inspiring :)
Cheryl S. says
Fifth Me!!! I hope to be a grandmother in 5 years!!!
Stacy Marvin says
FIFTH ME!!
In five years I see me having another child, my 2 year old will be 7 :o, I will be teaching again, and hopefully my house will be some what the way I want it, HA!
Katie says
FIFTH ME!
Congrats on five years. I had no clue I’d be where I am today 5 years ago, but I hope I’m in just as good of a place 5 years from now with my Mountain Man our totally awesome, slowly-being-renovated house, Redemption Ranch.
Sarah M. says
FIFTH ME: In 5 years I hope to be married and building a home out of a real house! I also hope to be an even more kick-ass teacher for my middle school students :)
Hilary Smith says
FIFTH ME! I will still be teaching social studies and maybe married with my own home to decorate!! Thank you!
stephanie greiner says
FIFTH ME!! Oh wow, 5 years from now I see our family living aboard a sailboat in the Southern Caribbean-so help me spruce up my sweet casa now-cause my floating home will leave a lot less room for style!
Jessica C. says
FIFTH ME!
In five years, I plan to be just as happy as I am now!
Lauren says
FIFTH ME!
Hoping to have my new house fixed up (classy sunroom, fun and functional backyard, new exterior), and hoping to still have a job so I can afford it!
Jenna B says
FIFTH ME!!! Pretty Please Fifth me!!! haha, In Five years I will probably be married,..maybe preggers..but hopefully still in the house my boyfriend and I just purchased a few months ago,..it’s almost 100 years old and we are having a BLAST updating and renovating it!
Maybe by that time I’ll build up the courage to start my own bog, or should I say,..start posting frequently on the one I’ve already started!
Emma says
FIFTH ME! I would like for my husband and I to have become parents altough with our age (mid-30s) I realize that it is becoming increasingly unrealistic. Here’s to hoping though!
Lia M says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I hope to have a house with my husband, son and future daughter or son enjoying the outdoors and working at my dream job.
Jill says
Fifth me!!! In five years I see myself with baby number three perhaps and maybe getting close to being done with all the projects of the acreage we just bought.:)
Jenny says
FIFTH ME! In five years I see myself still rocking the stay at home mom gig, but loading 4 or so kiddos into the van. Hopefully by then they will be old enough that I am also sleeping through the night! :)
Theresa says
FIFTH ME!
I hope in 5 years I will have a couple kids.
Briana says
FIFTH ME!
First off my little baby will be five! Hopefully she will have a sibling and I will be enjoying my new kitchen and master bathroom renovations.
Bonnie says
FIFTH ME!!!
In five years I hope to have each room in our new house painted and complete!
Alex says
Fifth me! In five years I’d love to be comfortable financially and still very happily married.
Anacelie says
Fifth me!
In 5 years, I hope that I’ll be working as an independent artist and furniture builder out of my own art studio, which we’re currently building from scratch in the backyard.
beth says
fifth me! in five years i hope to be in a different, slightly larger house with a big yard full of old trees my kiddos can climb.
Ashley W says
Fifth me!
In five years I will be co-owning one of the best bakeries in the Northern Seattle area with my best friend, my Mom. We will make the most killer pie the world has ever seen! (And everything else will be just as amazing!)
jessica says
Fifth Me! Hopefully things will be a lot better than they are now =)
Ali says
FIFTH ME! Still in Richmond, still loving life!
Holly says
FIFTH ME! I hope that my career will have taken off and I’ll have a good handle on the work/life balance. I would love to be in my own home, making it beautiful.
Carrie says
FIFTH ME!!!!!!
In five years I see my family in our same house but with much more style and less clutter (it may take the whole 5 years to get rid of all the clutter, LOL).
Courtney says
FIFTH ME!!! I plan to be celebrating 10 years with my husband, (hopefully) with a few kids in tow!
Graham L says
FIFTH ME
Not sure where I’ll be- but hope to have gone on at least one great vacation.
Jennifer says
FIFTH ME!
This year, we moved to a new city and adopted our first child. New job, new house, new baby. So we’re just enjoying where we are right now. Five years from now, I think we will probably be making concrete plans for next steps, as my Navy Reservist husband will probably be returning from his first round of activation around that time. I expect we’ll be in the same house (made homier through years of little projects), my husband will be at the same job (though perhaps promoted to another role) and hopefully our family will have grown by then. I imagine we’ll be ready to consider moving into a new house, reassess career goals, and make decisions about adding to our family. Life has taught me that my predictions about the future are usually laughable, so it’ll be fun to see where life takes us!
Andrea A says
FIFTH ME!!
I suspect that in 5 years I will be the mommy of a 8 year old (OMG!?!?!) and a 5 year old (OMG!OMG!?!?!)… Wow, I sooooo can not picture that! Now I just feel old. :-/ As for job/home, hopefully they will be the same since I’m pretty happy here. :-)
Jess says
FIFTH ME! Hoping to have at least one more bambino (in addition to my son)…and maybe even another? Which means we’d need a new house pretty soon after!
Emily R says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to be a homeowner!
Stas says
FIFTH ME! no clue where we’ll be. not even a clue what state or country we’ll inhabit….
joy hester says
Fifth Me! In 5 years I hope to be a Grandma!
Dana says
FIFTH ME! I hope to be living in my first home with my sweetie and back in school to pursue my dream career!
Meghan says
FIFTH ME!
In five years I hope to have moved our house. Not move houses, but move our house to the rear of the lot. Here’s hoping!
MegP says
FIFTH ME!
It’s a complete mystery where I’ll be in 5 years…
Kelly O'Neill says
FIFTH ME! In five years, I hope our family will have two more kids!! Maybe twins?? And, with that said, I hope to decorate a nursery for the first time. We were mobile when the first three came around, so perhaps the next time’s a charm. Great contest J&S and congrats on your FIFTH blogiversary!!!
Mindy says
Fifth me! I see myself sitting through a lot of soccer games! (My kids will be 7 and 8 in 5 years)