*** 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.
Lisa says
Share ME!!! I shared my microfiber dust cloth…thats true love
Beth says
SHARE ME! This credit would be great to have so we can decorate our new (and first) home! We close on April 26th. We are SO excited!!!
Kara says
SHARE ME!
My sister and I shared a bedroom most of young lives…literally until high school. However, around the time I was 8 and she was 7, my parents split the L-shaped room in “half” by putting a sheet up so we could each have our own spaces. Only problem, the door was on her half and, well, lets just say we had our disagreements. Many a day I used to climb through my closet and into my brother’s room to exit.
But my mother was right when she constantly insisted “You’ll appreciate each other when your older.” :)
JillM says
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Growing up in a family of six, with one bathroom and 3 bedrooms, I did my fair share of, …well, …sharing.
Jamie says
Share Me! My husband has sharing issues when it comes to sangria. If he pours a glass and I snag a drink, he gets genuinely upset! It cracks me up so of course I do it all of the time :). He is an amazing husband, so it is just a little bizarre how upset he gets.
Lauren says
SHARE ME! My brother and I were so horrible at sharing at bathroom (he was a slob and I had every tube of goop maketed to a female teen) that we actually broke out black electrical tape and made a line down the middle of the vanity that divided his space from mine. It was a two sink operation so that was even but we couldn’t stop competing on who got the sweeter end of the deal so we’d say things like, yea well I got the TOILET! Well, I got the DOOR– have fun with your stinking toilet because you’re not ever coming out! It went on and on. It is to this day such a memory that I can say “there is a line” and we both know what I mean!
Alina says
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Nikki says
Share me! I am known at my job as the “Food Girl” (not a bad nickname i might add). I am always bringing extra food in or cooking food for all my co-workers.
Danielle C. says
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Jess says
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Sarah says
SHARE ME! My husband and I share a razor – is that normal? :)
DJ says
Share me!
Harrowing to us. We moved to a new city and the dog escaped. We were so worried that she might not consider our new city “home” so we searched and searched. Did I mention that it was night time and she’s a dark colored dog? We were so relieved to find her crossing the road in front of our house!
Mark S says
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I’ll be honest, I find it harrowing to come up with a story to share so…how about I share someone else’s story?
So there I was, a young pilot, not long off my homeworld of Tatooine, having never ventured far from home. My world was in total flux. I found out I had some freaky space wizard powers and that some evil space samurai named Darth Vader killed my dad. This same dude was now going around blowing up planets for fun, or to make room for an intergalactic freeway, or because he had sand in his underpants, or something. Anyhoo, there I was, being told I had to take this little dinky fighter and help blow up this battlestation the size of a small moon. It was some scary jibber jabber, let me tell ya. If it weren’t for this crazy old dude named Obi Wan speaking to me from the grave, I would’ve cracked under pressure. Instead, I used the Force to violate the laws of physics and, with only two photon torpedos, somehow inexplicably caused a chain reaction that blew the whole thing up and saved the day…until they built another one.
Rachel C says
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Abby says
SHARE ME! Your example of siblings sharing a bathroom made me cringe!! We had one bathroom for six people in my parents’ house. My three brothers and I were all within six years of one another, so the mornings during our middle/high school years were HORRIBLE!! Lots of fighting/groaning/complaining went on around that time. I’m surprised my parents survived!! =)
Melissa says
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Having to share my private bathroom time with my two toddler sons running in and out is harrowing at best! I mean, can I just get five minutes?!?! And don’t tell me to lock the door…then they just bang on the door and yell “mama,are you okay?” at the top of their lungs!
Jane says
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Nicole says
Share me! I shared the chicken pox with my brother when we were little. He was none too excited, especially b/c his case was much worse than mine! And he was 3.
Samantha Severson says
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I am the oldest of four girls and we all had to share one bathroom. Needless to say there was a lot of slamming of fingers in the door anda lot of screaming.
alison says
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Justine says
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A few years ago my boyfriend (now husband) and I went on a road trip with my family to North Carolina. On the way, we stopped at a motel my mom reserved for a night – it was hands down the nastiest motel you’ve ever seen. There were 7 of us sharing the room, and luckily I got to share a bed with my 2 sisters (so 3 of us in a full or queen bed), and my boyfriend shared THE FLOOR with my brother. Thank goodness they didn’t catch a disease. That motel is still talked about every time stories of a vacation come up.
Janel says
SHARE ME! You guys are so generous.
Hmm, first thing that comes to mind is that I thought it’d be fun to share my bed with my sister the night before my wedding. She snored the entire night and I didn’t get one wink of sleep! I won’t let her forget it either.
margaret says
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When I was young my older sister used to “shared” all of my clothes and strech them out!
Joanna says
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Maura says
Share me! Sharing with siblings – lots of them – but I wouldn’t change it for anything! It was awesome!
Diana says
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Andrea says
I had to share a bathroom with my brother growing up! He always yelled at me because my curly hairs would fall out all over the place!
Sarah says
SHARE ME!
When I was a kid, my brother and I shared a bedroom. I remember us getting mad at each other frequently and taping lines on the floor to divide “his side” from “my side” of the room! Luckily we have grown up to be great friends, regardless. :)
Missy says
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Sara says
Share Me! I have 8 female cousins and two sisters, and I’m pretty sure we all passed around clothes growing up. My favorite is the red cowboy boots that went around to everyone.
Christine says
Share me! My sister and I shared a bedroom growing up. We are as different as night and day. She’s anal about keeping things neat and clean. I do not mind being ” a little” disorganized. One day coming home from play she warned me to stay away from her side of the room. Of course being the good sister that I am I plopped myself(muddy sneakers included) on her bed( with immaculately white sheets!) She was so mad at me she bit me on the hand! ouch! Thankfully we are fine nowt that we are older(much) and we can just laugh at those silly memories. :)
Christina says
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When I was in fourth and fifth grade, my family (two parents and three daughters) lived in a tiny two bedroom apartment. We still reminisce about the time we three girls spent in that small bedroom. My mom made it really cozy with a reading nook and a coloring station (like Clara’s!).
Jenn says
Share me (please)!
Megan says
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Lauren says
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Our new receptionist started over-sharing about her, uh, lively bedroom activities on her very first day. Awkward.
Eleanor Worthy says
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Casey says
Share me! …or not
I do my best to teach my kids to share, and they are good about it. One thing I try very hard to teach them NOT to share is germs. I feel as if the winter months are spent exclusively making sure that snot doesn’t get rubbed on each other, or sneezes and coughs are caught.
jarman says
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The only time I ever had to share a room on a business trip, my coworker took a sleeping pill at 7:30 pm. After that she was sound asleep and I stayed up late reading and listening to music. She never once moved or awoke until morning- it was a little strange but awesome at the same time!
Nadine says
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My 1 year old lovese greek yogurt…and well, so do I. She doesn’t like sharing with me…we’re working on it. I’d love to win. Just bought our first house and would love to get some new stuff to go in it!
Kelly L says
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Will says
Share me. I was almost held back from Kindergarten because of my distate for sharing. Thankfully, I’ve now learned to (grudgingly) share with others.
leila says
Share me! I asked lunch in Portuguese while in an american restaurant, really believing I was speaking english
Lydia says
SHARE ME!
When I was a kid I always shared a bedroom with my older sister. Of course I ALWAYS wanted a room of my own and constantly bugged my parents about letting me have a room of my own. So when we moved again at the age of six (we moved A LOT)and my mom finally gave in a let me have the third bedroom for myself. I slept in in two nights. Turns out, I couldn’t sleep without my sister. Hated it. So I ran back to my sister and our bunkbed as fast as my six-year-old legs could carry me. Just to say: sharing rules! And so do older sisters!
Kelly says
Share Me! Thanks!
Ashley says
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Sharing story.. my sister and I shared not only a tiny bedroom but a full size bed growing up! If I ever have kids of my own, I can’t imagine them NOT sharing a room with their siblings. We’ll try to get them their own beds though ;)
Amanda says
Share me… My oldest son is potty training and the other day he ran in the house and told me, “I gotta go pee… I’m gonna pee my shoes!” So funny the way their minds work!
Thais says
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Allison says
SHARE ME! I’m a twin so I have the natural tendencies to share, however having grown up sharing everything it is nice now as an adult to have something just for myself :)
emma says
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I bought my dad a table saw for a christmas/thank you present for helping me work on my house for the past year. I picked a table saw because well… I’ll be able to share it from him. :-D
mercedes says
SHARE ME!!
Growing up I had to share a bedroom with 3 siblings!