***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Well, after a blog-busting (literally) 18,018 entries across two posts (the first one got overloaded after reaching 10,680 entries so we had to start a second one) we finally have one lucky winner in what has become our biggest giveaway to date. In case anyone was worried about how this would all be tallied, we used random.org to generate a random number between 1 and 18,018 and located the comment that correlated with that number across both posts (although you guys can no longer access the comments on the first post, they’re all visible to us in our WordPress dashboard, so we were also able to confirm that our winner did not have any duplicate entries as we always do). So let’s get to the good news: the winner of a $500 West Elm gift card is… CATHERINE (who must be a Richmonder because she, like us, is sad that our local Short Pump West Elm store is no longer open). Congrats Catherine – and happy shopping! Not that we’re jealous. Wait, we are.
Wow, so apparently we hit comment capacity on our big $500 blogiversary giveaway from West Elm. We didn’t even know that could happen! It appears that the original post is too overloaded to accept any more comments, but the ones that were entered will still be counted (so please don’t enter again on this one if you already entered that one or your entries will be invalidated).
We’ve created this post to continue accepting new entries (from folks who didn’t enter the first one) until the giveaway ends at 8pm EST on Wednesday, September 21st OR when this post reaches 10,000 comments, whichever comes first. To recap, we’ve included the entry instructions and details below.
- PRIZE: A $500 gift card to West Elm (!!) courtesy of their new blog Front & Main
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “WEST ME” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: …since we’re celebrating starting our blog four years ago, tell us how your world is different than it was in 2007. Do you live in a new place? Have a new job? Are you in a new relationship? Or maybe you just have a new hairdo or tattoo?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, September 21st at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The 50 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 weren’t paid or perked for hosting this giveaway, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of West Elm.
Courtney says
WEST ME!
Four years…living in a different country, two babies and definitely a different hair cut.
Anne says
WEST ME Since 2007, I have gotten married to my boyfriend at the time, gotten the cutest dog in the world, and bought a few more appliances. Time to be an adult!
Blaire says
West me – I could use a new couch for my new apartment…..
Danielle C says
West me!!! Would love to update our living room!!!!
Love your blog!
Sinisa says
West me!
Lisa says
WEST ME!
I own my first home and would love to add some West Elm charm :)
Angela says
WEST ME!
I have moved twice, married, and became a mommy all since ’07. CRAAZY!
Monica says
West me! In 2007 I was living in minnesota And finishing my undergrad in psychology now I’m living in Texas and finishing grad school!
MikeG says
WEST ME!
Emily says
WEST ME!!
Making a fresh start!
Caity says
WEST me!!
I graduated from high school in 2007…got engaged to my high school sweetheart in 2009…married him in 2010..bought our first house in March…graduated from college in June :)
Janna says
West me!!
SO much has changed-including my hair color… I moved 2k miles away from my hometown, have a new career and am engaged to the love of my life! $500 to WestElm would come in handy in a new house!
Birgit says
West Me!! Please and thank you!
In 2007, I hadn’t yet met my husband, who is by far the best thing to have ever happened to me :)
Cindy says
WEST ME!
Since 2007, I’ve gotten married, bought a house, and now am about to have our first baby. SO many changes!! :)
Stefanie says
WEST ME!
I started a business a couple of years ago and my new office renovation needs some love from West Elm :)
Dana says
West ME!! ;-0 in four years I have beat a terrible illness, got married, sold a condo, bought a house!
Andrea says
West Me, Since 2007 my husband and I had another baby complete ting our family. Congrats on four years I look forward to many more.
Mel says
WEST ME!!! In 2007 I was a single college girl living in an apartment. Now I’m a married working girl with a home of my own to decorate. Life is good :)
heatherkathryn says
West me!!!
Spent the last four years saving every penny and just bought my house this summer! Would LOVE to fill it with West Elm goodies!
Michelle Ross says
WEST ME
Hmmmm…I have a new car : )
jennifer says
WEST ME!
Since 2007 I have bought a house, graduated college, worked full time, and got an awesome dog!!!
Lauren says
WEST ME!
The biggest change for us is our daughter, who came into our lives 7 months ago :) She is the best thing that has ever happened to us!
KimberlyD says
WEST ME!
Jamie says
WEST ME!
I have moved to the south from the north (love it), bought a home, have had a baby boy and have another one due in 6 weeks!! Life is good!
Danielle says
West me!!! Love your blog!
Marcy says
WEST ME!! In 2007, we had our second son & now we are adding a daughter to our family-coming soon! We also moved to a new home since 2007 and have the awesome West Elm rectangular capiz shell chandelier hanging in our new dining room & it is probably my favorite (non-human :) thing in our whole house!
Erin says
West Me!! In the past four years I have gotten married, moved out of the city into the burbs and bought our first home together Life if good! :-)
Ashley says
WEST ME! 2007 met my now hubby, 2008 got engaged & bought our first house, 2009 got our first puppy & new jobs, 2010 were married, and 2011 started some of the BIG projects in the house! :)
Katie says
WEST ME!
I have an amazing boyfriend and I am now a college graduate working 40 hours/week.
Darlene R. says
West Me!!! Thanks for all the fun stuff planned for this week. I am looking forward to the next 4 years of YHL.
Jessi says
WEST ME! Since 2007, we’ve had twins and another baby. We’ve moved into a new house. The gift card would be awesome!
Megan says
WEST ME!!! Since 2007 I’ve had two beautiful babies, so my life has changed A LOT!! I would love to use that gift card to add some grown up decor to our home, to balance out all the toddler toys :)
Chris says
WEST ME!
new job, new city, new home, new baby!
We’ve even got a new attitude!
Diana Yarborough says
WEST ME!!!!
We moved into our house in 2007, and we STILL have tons of work to do on it. A West Elm gift card could really help to fill in our decorating holes – like lighting and rugs.
Alli R says
WEST ME!!
4 years ago I was young and stupid! Praise the Lord for getting older and wiser!
Robyn says
West me!! So much to do don’t know where to begin :)
StephanieKay says
WEST ME!!!!
So much has changed in the last 4 years. I am now married & have a toddler & a baby on the way. Who would have thought?
Amy says
West me! In the last four years we bought our house AND had our two beautiful babies!
Rebekka says
WEST ME!! WEST ME!! WEST ME!!
The only thing that HASN’T changed in the last 4 years is my relationship! New state, new job, new haircut, everything! I’m turning 30 this week and I would LOVE some West Elm action to make my decor grow up along with me!
Rebecca says
WEST ME please! I live in a new house, have gotten to travel a ton, and got promoted in my job :)
Juliet says
WEST ME!!! in four years life has been steady. my daughter was only three, and now she’s seven, so that’s changed, but we’re in the same house, same jobs, same happiness.
Dar says
WEST ME!!!!!!!!!! I was diagnosed with a serious medical condition and learned not only to live with it, but to LIVE.
Leah says
WEST ME!
Four years ago my husband and I were freshly hitched living in our first house, without our now 1 year old, sweetface, Willbaby. Thanks for having us take a moment to look back, we have so much to be thankful for!
Vanessa says
West Me! Newly married and decorating our new apartment!
Courtney Ware says
WEST ME! Since 2007 I have gotten a new job, a new car, bought a house, gotten married and now have a nephew. With the new house I could really use that $500 to spruce things up a bit!
Jenn says
WEST ME!
In the last four years we’ve: sold a house, lived with my parents, built a house, had another daughter. We’re moving in to the new house at the end of the month, so this gift card will come in real handy. We’ve been out of our old house since July 2010, so, lots of fun finally getting settled in to our own place again.
Nora says
WEST ME
In the last four years, my life has gone through an amazing transformation. I FINALLY finished school, met my love, got engaged, got married, bought a house and adopted a new dog. Now all we have left is the baby…which hopefully will be soon!
Stellastarlite says
WEST ME! I’m 4 years older since 2007 and planning another move from Atlanta to Pennsylvania. I need a west elm headboard!
kathie says
West ME! I married off my last two children and am living with hubby in an empty nest. We need some new feathers!
Love your blog, by the way.
Julia says
West me!
Since 2007, I’ve graduated college, had several jobs (including working for myself!), moved from the East coast to the West, adopted my furbaby, and bought my first car. It’s been a busy four years!