*** 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.
Mandi says
SHARE ME! I follow up every single “Mine” out of my daughter’s mouth with “It’s everybody’s …we share!” :)
Lara says
SHARE ME!
I shared a room with my cousin when we were in high school. There was lots of smoking out the window and other typical bad girl stuff ;)
dhivya a says
SHARE ME!
I remember fondly the days when we used to share snacks with strangers on the trains in India. That was back in the day. Nowadays, everyone is aware of criminals who ‘share’ snacks laced with narcotics that put you to sleep so they can run off with all your stuff- so whenever we travel on trains, the standing advice ‘ don’t eat anything from a stranger!’
Jessica says
SHARE ME! Someone once commented how it was odd that my husband and I shared a drink from the same water bottle, but then she mentioned she shared a toothbrush with her husband. Maybe it’s just me, but toothbrushes? That seems much worse.
Kelly says
SHARE ME! I remember I used to hate to share a bed with my sister. She would always kick me while we slept!
Renee D says
SHARE ME!!
sap says
SHARE ME!
As for a story, how about making such a rude, embarassing idiot of myself the first time I met my husband that I effectively blocked out the fact that it was him I said all those things to (I remembered the event, just not the face) and was only reminded about 7 or 8 years later when relating the story to friends and he said “you know that was me, right?” Ack!
Wendy says
Share me! Growing up with 3 sisters all close in age, we shared all of our clothes. When I say all of our clothes, I mean underwear also. At the time it didn’t seem to be such a big deal…thinking about it now? Ewwwwww!!!!
Vanessa says
SHARE ME!
lisa says
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Mari says
SHARE ME!
When my boyfriend and I moved into our first apartment together, it was a TINY studio apartment in Manhattan. We shared this space for a year and 3 months, and although it was really hard at times, I do firmly believe it made us a stronger couple in the long run.
Bethany says
SHARE ME!
Jennifer says
SHARE ME!!
I’m horrible at sharing sweets. If anyone tries to take some of my treat I can be quite a pill. It’s something I’m working on. :)
Meggan says
SHARE ME!
I think my funniest sharing moment was when I was leaving a store and shared with my cousin the awkwardness of paying. I reached into my pocket for the cash and along with it pulled out a huge wad of pocket lint that went flying everywhere. That embarrassment probably would have been forgotten if I hadn’t looked up to see my cousin 30 feet ahead of me and realized that I had been sharing this story with a perfect stranger who, understandably enough, was quite puzzled as to why I was telling her!
Michelle says
Share me!!
I helped a dear friend Nina with her mother’s Alzheimer illness. We went to many nursing homes to look for just the perfect place for her to be and I visited her mom often. Nina and her mom both love makeup and Nina would go and put makeup on her mom almost every day so that she would always look beautiful. Her mom got worse and passed away. I helped my friend plan her mom’s funeral service and then Nina asked me to help her do one more thing – to go to the funeral home to put makeup on her mom. I went. I was there for her and I shared my time. It was hard but I did it.
Kim says
Share Me!!
Catherine F. says
SHARE ME!
Growing up, family trips were both awesome and terrible. It was awesome traveling and hanging out together. Terrible because it meant three of us were victimized by my father’s horrible, incessant snoring! Seriously, everyone – well, everyone but my father – dreaded bedtime.
Kaitlin says
SHARE ME! Please?
Lexi M. says
SHARE ME! I love sharing new music with my friend Beth. I always love feeling like she enjoys what I have to share and truly has fun listening to it with me.
Whitney says
SHARE ME….
My sharing struggle involves my bed and my four year-old daughter who has very advanced sleep karate skills!!!
Allison says
SHARE ME!
How’s this for sharing? College…6 girls…one apartment…ONE bathroom. Terrible. Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
Julie says
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Emily says
share me!! :)
amy beauto says
Share me!
We just had a baby and I exclusively breast feed so, when we are out and baby Gator is being passed around and I want him back I tell people he needs to eat. That’s me not being good at sharing these days.
lmcjordan says
SHARE ME!
I’m 1 of 4 kids in my Family. Three girls and then finally the BOY! Growing up in a 3br house was challenging. 3 girl in one room! Lots of shared space in tight quarters.
Ashley S says
SHARE ME, PLEASE :) :) :)
Shana says
SHARE ME!
The cutest sharing story I have had lately: I was walking down an aisle in a store and smiled at a cute toddler in a cart. She graciously offered to share the squeezable apple sauce she was snacking on giving her mom and I a nice chuckle :)
Kerry says
SHARE ME!
Before we started dating, my boyfriend and I were good friends and roommates. On a weekend trip for another friend’s wedding, we ended up sharing a bed, which at the time was really awkward. Good thing it’s not anymore!
Elina says
SHARE ME!!
There are four girls in our family all a year apart and growing up we loved sharing our clothes… most of the time anyways!
Rhapsody says
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I had a business trip with 3 others to a different state at a location/town I used to work at so I thought I had the logistics all figured out. Our last night there I was supposed to fly out early. My flight wasn’t until evening so I directed everyone to the awesome Japanese restaurant across town. We left in plenty of time for me to get to the tiny airport… or so I thought. I got there, waved goodbye to everyone else, and tried to check in. The automated machine wouldn’t let me check in, and there wasn’t anyone behind the desk. I ended up watching my flight take off from behind the security screening area since I couldn’t get my boarding pass. It was the last flight of the night so I had to call my co-workers and have them pick me up and I got to spend an awkward night with the only other female in our group. Why wasn’t anyone around to check me in? The airport’s so small that the counterperson is also on the flight crew, and she left the desk to help the plane take off!
Brooke says
Share me! Hmmm… my share ‘horror story” happened back in college- 5 girls and only one bathroom in the house!!
Jill says
SHARE ME!
Growing up whenever we were allowed to order dessert at a restaurant my brother, sister and I all had to share one. We are probably the 3 worst “sharer’s” in the world. Dessert always became an eating contest to see who could get the most, the fastest.
Jenny says
SHARE ME!!
Whenever I get together with my sister-in-law, it never fails that we end up talking about something we’ve seen on your blog. It usually start something like, “Hey what do you think that new light fixture that John and Sherry just put up?” And then we begin to discuss it as if you guys are our neighbors down the street. Seriously, even though we’ve never met you in real life we feel like we know you! And both of our houses are full of things inspired by your blog.
Ashleigh says
“Share Me” Before my husband and I were married and I was still in school, we shared our home with four other people. Six of us, (including two cats, fish, and a turtle) in a cramped townhome. Luckily we had more than one bathroom and didn’t have to share the commode!
Cindy says
Share Me…………I teach so we talk about sharing everyday!
Janis Shaffer says
Share Me!!
My seven yr old grandson, Brayden, has the sweetest heart and loves to share with his little brother, Brooks. Last week at Wednesday night church, they dyed easter eggs. Brayden asked the teacher if he could do two so that he could take one to Brooks! LOVE that boy and his sharing self!!
Callie says
Share me! Hmm – my sister and I share lots, even now that we live in separate cities! We will exchange clothes that we’re bored with, and we time-share our grandma’s sewing machine – any time we’re driving through the other’s city (not too often) we plan ahead on the sharing! :)
Regina says
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Kate says
SHARE ME!
Happy to share lots of things but don’t put your hand in my popcorn bowl… MINE!!!
Kay says
Share me!!! Knowing I’m leaving my current job soon, I gave the new girl my very nice office for another not so nice office to ensure she felt included and had a good experience.
Ginger M. says
SHARE ME!
Growing up my family of 5 shared one bathroom. Talk about trying to find some privacy. We managed though, and my parents have thankfully added another 1.5 baths.
Amanda Parker says
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Cal says
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Katie B says
SHARE ME! We’re getting ready for a cross country move and are selling a unch of our stuff to make it easier. Winning this giveaway would sure make decorating the new home much easier!!
As for sharing, whenever I share my food w/ my husband, he always assumes I have had my fill and eats the wile thing!
Lesley says
SHARE ME!
I would love to share about the time I had a baby too fast to get the drugs and unfortunately I ate a big giant greasy pizza right before I got there. It did not go well with all of the pushing…. TMI??
Kate Johnson says
SHARE ME!
I had to share a bathroom with FIVE brothers while I was growing up. And somehow I got stuck with the job of cleaning the bathroom. So not fair.
kari @ Human, MD says
Share me! When my sister and I were young, we shared a bed. She was about 3 and I was 7 when she starting taking ALL the covers and like 3/4 of the bed. I’m not sure how… she was only like two feet tall in a full bed! I told my mom bed sharing time was over and my sister had to move out.
Angela says
SHARE ME!!!!
I did plenty of clothes “sharing” with my older sister in high school. I went to her closet, picked out clothes to “share,” put on a big coat, and hoped we did not run into each other in the halls :)
Christine J. says
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Jen says
Share Me!! When we moved into a big 2 story house my sister and I fought over which bathroom sink we wanted. We each wanted the most storage space!