***Uh oh – looks like we like we hit capacity on this post with over 10,000 comments! But this giveaway is closed anyways, so I guess it’s okay.***
It’s no secret that we love West Elm (we own two daybeds and a desk among other things from their store). So let’s just say that we’ll be mighty jealous of the person who wins this week’s FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR gift card there (four year blogiversaries are for big prizes, after all). And not that you asked, but if you need any help picking out what to buy – might we suggest some of these lurvely items below (Sherry had trouble picking just six things, so we added an extra row and went with nine):
Not only is West Elm helping us celebrate four years of blogging, they’re also celebrating the launch of their new blog Front & Main (named for the Brooklyn street corner where their original brick-and-mortar store sits). Front & Main actually officially launches next week, but they’re giving all of us a sneak peek today. Oh and if you scroll down a bit while you’re there, you might recognize some familiar faces…
- PRIZE: A $500 gift card to West Elm (!!)
- TO ENTER: Comment on THIS OTHER 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.
KristenOx says
WEST ME! I love love LOVE your blog. Found you over at Babycenter.com. In 2007, we had our first baby…and now I am pregnant with #4 (due in January)…so needless to say, our life is crazy! Love you guys! Thanks!
Clarissa says
WEST ME please!!!!
Jessica says
West Me!! New city, new job, new husband, and new babies….all since 2007! Life began…just saying!
Laura says
in the last 4 years i’ve lived with 14 different people (including 9 guy friends!) and for the first time i get to move into a nice, clean, adult apartment sans beer stains on the rugs, and 6th sense posters on the walls- so PLEASE, West Me!
Chaeli says
WEST ME!!! puhhh-lease!!! My world is MUCH different now from 2007. I have a son (2.5 years old), we moved from Michigan to Houston, TX and I’m pregnant with our 2nd. Life is different but awesome.
Elizabeth says
West Me, please! In 2007, I was a brand-new attorney and brand new wife…”mom” to one Jack Russell terrier…and a renter of a very old house. In 2011, I’m a slightly more seasoned attorney and wife…mom to two Jack Russells…and an owner of a home we had built from the ground up last year.
Happy blogiversary! Congrats!
jodanders says
WEST ME!!!
I am now married, on house #2 (I know how you feel)and hoping to start a family:)
Mauresa says
WEST ME!
Today I have a lovely 2 year boy and another munchie on the way! Two very wonderful changes. :)
Rachel Hope says
West Me!!
In 2007 I moved to RICHMOND, VA in the Oregon Hill neighborhood. In 2008 my apartment (along with 8 other people) burned down. I lost every thing, my roommate lost his German Shepherd and the media taped us all – at our worst watching it all happen. Richmond, VA pulled together and held numerous fund-raisers to help all of us get back on our feet.
I moved back to Oklahoma to help care for my family in January of this year. But Richmond, VA will always have my heart for having mine and my neighbors back through such a rough time.
I’ve now bought my first house with my boyfriend and I use your blog for much inspiration on our tiny fixer upper. Thank you!
Melissa says
WEST ME
Awh 4 years! Graduated, got a “real” job, married, house… can only imagine what the next 4 years will bring :)
Shannon says
West me!
Four years ago I was just entering my sophomore year of college. I can’t believe that I’m out of college and officially living on my own now.
Jason says
WEST ME!
My wife and I were married four years ago, have moved…let’s see….4 times, suffered through the death of her mother and our son, and have gone on to have a beautiful little girl, coincidentally named CLARA! Oh, and we both started our careers in the meantime. So, really, what isn’t different?
Jen says
WEST ME! A LOT happened in the last 4 years! Got my MBA, married my sweetheart, got two cats, lost 170+ lbs, had a baby in March!
Sarah says
West me! 3 kids now instead of 2, new job, and DIY decorating in my MBR thanks to you!
Jessica says
WEST ME!
Since 2007…new city, new house a baby and one on the way. Things keep getting better! :)
Pamela says
Please, please, please West me!!! Since 2007, I’ve moved from Texas to Kansas (boo…), married my boyfriend and welcomed a baby boy into the world. Now if we can just get back to Texas! =)
kara says
West me!! My life has changed so much since 2007 with a career, husband, new city, and house, but changed the most today. My husband and I just found out we are having our first baby! Our lives continue to change for the better!
Danielle says
WEST ME!!
In 2007, I was still in college…today, I am newly engaged to my wonderful fiance :)
Elizabeth says
West Me!! … Pretty Please.
Since 2007 I have been lucky enough to have gotten married, get the job of my dreams and buy a new home. Life has pretty much been perfect.
Dani Yardley says
West me!! Since 2007 I have gotten married, a degree, a house, a job, a wonderful baby girl that will be 8 months at the end of the month! Crazy how time flies!
Jessica says
WEST ME
Life is so different than it was in 2007! I was attending college in a different city, living in a house full of girls and trying to choose a major. Now I live in a much larger city, attending nursing school (my second degree, I guess I chose wrong) and living with my amazing boyfriend and our lovely little dog. He is in pharmacy school and I LOVE creating our story!
Sara says
WEST ME!
New job, new home, and will be officially married in 5 days!
Dawn Levasseur says
“WEST ME”
Everything!, but for the good!
Jodi says
Four years ago I was living in a two-bedroom apartment with FOUR people! Now I have my own awesome space and need a new bed so WEST ME so I can buy one!
Susan says
WEST ME!
My twin girls were only 3 and not yet in school. Now they are seven and in 2nd grade! And of course I’m a bit older myself:)
Jen says
WEST ME!
In 2007, I hadn’t yet found the magic of blogs – or yet blogged myself. Not sure what I did as a creative outlet then!
Lindsay says
West me please!
Everything is different since 2007 – my world, the whole world! Things get better despite the gloomy outlook, or I’m just getting good at adapting.
Andrea says
WEST ME!!
Just celebrated our 5th anniversary instead of our first, we live somewhere different, and my job role has significantly changed. Crazy what can happen in just 4 years!
Jamie Lee says
WEST ME!! My life is completely different! Four years ago I hadn’t met my husband, didn’t have either of our two dogs, was still in college, and was just moving home to Texas from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Now, we just moved again and are living in Alameda, CA!
Sara Leasure says
WEST ME! I had my first baby in 2007, our second little boy in 2009 & bought our first home 1 year ago to date!!! A lot has changed for us since 2007… My hair is still the same :)
Katherine says
WEST ME!
In the last four years I met my husband, got married, moved into a new house, and we now have our first baby on the way–a little girl due in January!
Becca Jones says
West Me, please! four years later and I am married!
Irene says
West Me, please! and happy blogiversary to you!
Major changes since 2007 – adopted a dog, bought a house, got married, and had a baby. It’s been a good 4 years!
Jen says
WEST ME! Four years ago I was planning a wedding, and now I’m planning for our own four year anniversary! :)
Short, Sweet Season says
WEST ME! Wow, since 2007…everything has changed.
Leigh Anne says
WEST ME!
Marriage and new home have been the biggest changes in the last 4 years! I’m sure the next four will be just as wonderful:)
Rebecca says
WEST ME!!
New state, new house, new job, new kids – all since 2007.
Kate says
WEST ME! What a lovely opportunity to reflect on my life over the past four years… I’ve moved north, am about to celebrate my second wedding anniversary, and just bought my first home. Cheers to your fourth blogiversary, YHL-ers.
Chantelle says
WEST ME!
I have had 2 babies since 2007!!
Liz says
WEST ME! 2 kids since 2007 and no time to decorate my house!
Julia @ Hooked on Houses says
What a great giveaway! I love West Elm. I never get out of that store without buying something and was so sad when they closed the one near us recently. Thank goodness for online shopping!
What has changed in 4 years? The biggest difference in my life is that I quit my day job 2 years ago to be a full-time blogger. Love it.
West me–please! :)
Cathryn says
WEST ME!
Changed careers in 2007, went back to school for the new career track and started my own business. It was a busy year and one of the best decisions I’ve ever made!
Danielle W says
WEST ME!
Claudia says
West Me Please!!! In 2007 I went back to work after staying home 6 years with my beautiful babies. They are so big now.
Bethany says
WEST ME– In 2007 I transferred schools, moving from South Carolina down to Florida… definitely a huge year of change for me, but it’s also hard to think it was that long ago! I just moved for my first official, real, career job, and $500 would go a loong way in making my new place a home!
Kate says
WEST ME!!! In 2007 I was a newlywed and my husband and I were both in graduate school in Oklahoma. Now we live in Indiana, have a one year old baby girl, and I have a grown-up job!
Janette says
WEST ME!!! Please? :)
I’d say my world is different than 4 years ago. I went from being single and living in an apartment, to married, bought a house, and pregnant with our first little bean! :)
Jenny says
WEST ME!!
Life has changed a LOT since 2007. I was dating a sweet man with lots of potential ;-), in a pretty dead end job, living in Atlanta. Now I’m married to that sweet man, recently started my own photography business (while still working full time), and live in Charleston, SC! I’d like to think I love change, and in the end I’m usually glad where it takes me… but actually am not a big fan of the process. I’m just glad I am where I am today!
Sharon Woo says
WEST ME!!
Back in 2007 my husband and I were trying our darndest to snag a short sale condo and plan our wedding. It was a very trying time! Luckily we didnt get that short sale and instead wound up with our 64 rancher which we are currently sprucing up.
Melissa says
WEST ME! I love that store. In 2007, I was a newlywed living in our first house in Charlotte. Little did we know that despite all our upgrades the house would be flooded a year later and purchased by the city for demolition. Alas, it all worked out in the end and we are in a great neighborhood now with our 3 year old and one on the way. Life sure changes VERY quickly.