*** This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below! ***
Good news – the prize pot is now up to over $500! Even better news (at least for one lucky person) random.org has selected our winner as… Karina (who notes that both teaching and learning to share is hard, just ask her kiddos). Congrats Karina!
As we mentioned last week along with our curator collection, Joss & Main offers small referral fees in the form of store credit to anyone who refers someone who makes a purchase, but we wanted to pay those forward. So instead of accepting the referral fees, we saved all of those credits up in a separate “gift account” so we could dish ‘em out in a big fat giveaway for one lucky reader this week. Oh and Joss & Main kindly donated $100 to get things rolling (and to ensure that we didn’t have nada to give away if no one signed up, haha). But guess what? It earned over $300 worth of referral credits! So if you add in the $100 from Joss & Main, the prize pot is up to over $400 for one lucky winner to spend on whatever they’d like!
- PRIZE: Ownership of the special Joss & Main referral account that we’ve set up, which has an account credit of $430!
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “SHARE ME” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … a funny / touching / harrowing sharing story. Maybe about the time you had to share a hotel room with your boss on a business trip? Or the challenges of teaching your kids to share? Or a memory of when you and your siblings shared a bathroom / car / wardrobe growing up?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, April 4th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The lower 48 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 Joss & Main.
Colleen says
Share me Joss and Main!
Amber Richards says
SHARE ME! As the oldest of 4 siblings, what didn’t I share?! :)
Derrick says
SHARE ME!
Sharing a room with my younger brother – it had bunk beds.
Alyssa Johnson says
Share Me please!!!!
Tasha Ruck says
SHARE ME! I had to share a room with a colleague the first time I met her in NYC at a trade show. Luckily she ended up being awesome, but how awkward. I usually like to sleep in the buff for heaven’s sake! xoxo Tasha
Leslie says
SHARE ME!
I was reading a story to my 22 month old son last week, and as I was reading my son pointed to the illustration of an elephant and eagerly labeled it, “Mommy!”.
Laurel says
SHARE ME!
I grew up as an only child with a single dad, so sharing wasn’t something I really had to do until I became an adult. The hardest thing I’ve ever had to share is my father’s attention! He’s been in a serious relationship for the past year and for the first time in my almost 30 years, I have to let someone else be in his spotlight.
Karrie says
Share me!
Karen J says
SHARE ME … I had a “friend” once that borrowed my Baby Bjorn carrier. I didn’t realize that her “borrowing” was what I would call “give it to me” as she promptly moved out of state with it and I had to buy another carrier for our next baby. Live and learn, man, live and learn.
Haley W. says
SHARE ME! Sharing a room with my sister growing up gave me so many of my favorite childhood memories.
Ann O says
Share Me!!!
Jennifer Hale says
SHARE ME! I shared a room with my sister for a few years growing up. I was and still am a neat freak and she was the opposite of neat. We both have memories of all the drama from that time. Love my sister…can’t stand messes :)
Traci says
SHARE ME!!! I shared a two bathroom, 4 bedroom house for 18 years with my 6 sisters and 4 brothers! Yikes!
Tori says
Share Me!
Anna Werner says
Share me! Sharing a bedroom with 3 sisters… with no dressers to put clothes in! Great memories!
Katy Schiele says
SHARE ME!
We’re working on teaching sharing with our 14 mo. old. It’s a good reminder to us, too.
Judy says
Share Me!
Ashley/Happy Penguin Press says
Share Me! When I was younger, my little sister (8 years by junior) would sneak into my bedroom and night and share my bed with me. She loved to cuddle under the covers. Such a sweet memory!
Kirsten says
“SHARE ME”
celia says
SHARE ME! One of my fondest college memories is making a chocolate cake for someone’s birthday, passing forks around, and digging into the pan all at once. Then passing around a jug of milk for everyone to take a swig out of. (We were college students in a dorm; we didn’t have very many cups around…also, we were lazy)
Debby says
SHARE ME!
Stacey says
SHARE ME!! I have to share my house with a husband, 5 kids, a dog, a cat, and a turtle. Nuff said. ;)
Jen says
Share Me! I shared a bedroom with my younger sister until I was eight years old. That was definitely enough!
Amy says
SHARE ME! My sisters and I would “share” our clothes with each other…which meant sneaking into each others rooms and taking clothes without asking. Not really the definition of sharing!
Cindy says
SHARE ME! I just shared my home with my one-year-old grandson for five days. I shared the song ‘Jesus Loves Me’ with him, but all he could say was “doggie.” I’m going to keep sharing, lol.
Kelsey says
SHARE ME!
I’m not great at sharing. In a family with 5 kids you learn hoarding your candy/toys/clothes is the only way you can guarantee it’ll stay yours.
Amber P. says
SHARE ME!
Just took a short overnight trip from Tulsa to Dallas with my dad. We got one hotel room, a small one, that wasn’t very nice. The bathroom door didn’t close all the way. Yeah, that was fun and only slightly awkward!
Morgan says
SHARE ME!
Wow, you guys are too kind to share this!
Here’s a harrowing story….I arrived to England for the first time for work and was with my brand new boss (who was Irish). He told me that I would be driving the rental car….me, an American, who had never driven on the other side of the road before! And to have to do it now with my new boss in the car. Needless to say, I was NERVOUS. However, it all turned out okay….I did a good job I suppose because we were still alive at the end of the day (which involved lots of driving). It was a simple thing but at the time was really nerveracking. Now I use it as an example of, I did that – I can do anything! :)
Jenny S says
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Elizabeth Whitcomb says
Share me!!
Kristin says
SHARE ME!
I teach a kindergarten inclusion class so teaching sharing is a daily lesson!
Rocsy says
SHARE ME! During my college years I spent a year abroad traveling with a friend. In order to save money we stayed in small hostels instead of a hotel room. One night we were sharing a small room with about 20 other people from different parts of the world. At around 2 am, when everyone was already asleep, this one student sleeping in the middle of the room started snoring so loudly it woke every single person up. It was a pretty funny sight to see people mumbling in different languages in frustration because they were woken up by this guy that kept snoring.
Anu says
Share me please!
Katie says
“Share Me!” I have a twin sister so growing up we had to share EVERYTHING!
Melissa @ Loving this {crazy} life! says
SHARE ME! I am always thankful for my friend Ashley who is always handing down her daughters clothes to my girls. Perfect form of sharing. Has helped us save a lot of $$$ by not having to spend as much on clothes.
Eileen says
SHARE ME! We had 5 kids in my family growing up and at one point I shared a bed with my almost 2 years younger sister. I vividly remember how she would drive me crazy by breathing on me. Yes, breathing on me. I would yell to my parents and complain that Jenny was “putting her breath on me”!
Michelle says
Share me! My sister and I spent our teenage years sharing a 1987 Ford Escort Hatchback.
Jo says
SHARE ME!
I love sharing desserts with friends and family after dinner. 1 dessert all for myself is a lonely affair, but sharing with one other person – usually my husband, who doesn’t care much for sweets – always feels like a party!
Melissa Frommann says
SHARE ME!
When trying to teach my 3 year old son to share his batman toys with his cousin he told me, I share, but Batman doesn’t share.
Jason says
“SHARE ME”
KiTx says
SHARE ME!
I’m not great at sharing my favorite foods, and apparently it comes from my mom’s side of the family. The first time my dad came to have dinner at with my mom at her parents house, he was timid about reaching for the last of something; when he finally did, he almost got a fork in the hand from my uncle! I think we’re all better off with our own individual snacks in this family. =)
Jeanne says
SHARE ME!!
Heather says
SHARE ME! My favorite sharing story at the moment is our two pups who love sharing the bed they sleep in at night. They cry for each other if separated- so cute :)
Heather with a C says
SHARE ME!
My husband thought that one of the best parts of having kids would be getting to eat the food the kids didn’t eat, and thus getting an extra helping of all things tasty. Unfortunately for him, our two year old is a hoss who eats everything and more that you feed him. When the rare meal comes up that he doesn’t want to eat (usually a result of toddler crankiness), he opts to share his food with the floor instead of my hubs. It’s a good deal for our dog though. Dogs love food-sharing.
Patty says
SHARE ME! I will share anything with anyone, except my FOOD! I become like a feral dog and growl at anyone looking at my plate! But having a two year old has helped me become better at this, even they can teach us to share!
Caroline says
Share me! Hostels abroad always make for interesting “sharing” experiences. I left those for my college days:)
Marisa Dye says
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Tara says
SHARE ME!
This is sort of a sharing story. Let’s say that it SHOULD be a sharing story. Sometimes I’ll borrow my husbands belts (post baby when my belts don’t fit yet) or shirts (pajama day anyone?). We share a closet and I do all the laundry. The funny thing is that if he notices me borrowing something that he feels “meh” about, he’ll “give” it to me. As if that’s really necessary…
Alissa says
SHARE ME! :o)
Jenny says
share me! my baby was due on my birthday, but i was worried he’d arrive on time and doom me to hot dogs and pizza for our shared birthday dinner forever…i was so glad he was born two days late!