***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
And our lucky-slash-friendly winner this week is… Jennifer M (whose best friend is her husband. They met in college studying architecture together and now work together). Congrats!
If you saw that title above and thought “oh, like the Bestå media storage system from Ikea” instead of “typo alert!” then you may be just as into the fine purveyor of flat-packaged Swedish furniture as we are. And if you’re not the only Ikea lover in your circle of friends, then you’ll be happy to learn that this Saturday on March 9th Ikea is celebrating BYOF (Bring Your Own Friend) day as part of their ongoing Life Improvement Project. The day will feature freebies, special discounts, seminars, activities, and even gift card giveaways. Speaking of which… they’re giving one lucky reader three $100 gift cards right here this week (one for the winner and two for his or her friends) – which I’m pretty sure would solidify your status as BFFs for life.
- PRIZE: Three $100 gift cards to Ikea
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “BYOF ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … about your BFF. How did you meet? How long have you been besties. What’s the weirdest thing you love doing together? Do you have funny nicknames for each other – or a secret handshake that involves winking and doing the Macarena?
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: We always beg every vendor to ship internationally but some companies are not legally able to vend things beyond specific areas (more on that here). This giveaway is open to the United States.
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, March 6th at 8pm or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winners 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 winners. Good luck…
- ***COMMENT ISSUES? If you’re trying to enter but keep getting a “duplicate comment” warning, click here to see how to solve it!
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 Ikea.
Kathy says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I met while going to the same church. We had our babies around the same time, raising them simultaneously. We both have large families, both have twins and one of my daughters was born on her birthday.
Amy says
BYOF ME!! I’ve known my BFF since the 1st grade when we were 6yrs old. That’s over 30 years. Crazy!! We bonded over playing the clarinet together :) Several of my close friends I’ve known since grade school. I”m a lucky girl.
Rachel R. says
BYOF me!!
I met my BFF at work when, as the new girl with no friends, I got up the courage to sit at her table during lunch. I’m so glad I did! She makes the best cupcakes I’ve ever eaten. Ever.
erin says
BYOF ME!!
I met my BFF freshman year in high school, 16 years ago. We were on the gymnastics team and cheer squad together. She lives about an hour away now :( but everytime we get together or pick up the phone, it’s like we still see each other every day and we just laugh and laugh. LOVE HER!
Holly C. says
BYOF ME!
I have 3 BFFs. I don’t actually have a lot of friends so the ones that I do have are very close to me. My longest BFF though has been my friend for over 11 years. We meet in high school and have stuck it out since. We have been through phases where we weren’t getting along but in the end we always work things out and resume our friendship. We really bond over pictures of cute puppies and the normal friend stuff.
Allison Brown says
My BFF met in college! We are going to Lake Tahoe for our annual ski trip tomorrow yaaay!
Claudia says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is my sister-in-law. We’ve been inseparable since we met. I love his family so much I jokingly tell my husband I married him for them.
Leigh Anne L says
BYOF Me!!!
My BFF and I met in high school and though we went to differnt colleges and move to different city since graduating, we’ve remained very close!
Janis says
BYOF ME!!
Kari says
BYOF ME!!!!!! :) I gotta admit, my hubby is my best friend… :) But my sister and I are as well, we know each other through and through…there for each other at all times and we hold each other’s history. (and we know all the blackmail stories!!!! LOL) How can you get better than that?!
Judy says
BYOF ME!
Julie says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I both believe that IKEA is the mothership of our people.
Kelli W. says
BYOF me!
My bestie and I have been friends since we were 2.
Jody says
BYOF ME!! We met in school. We tend to get ourselves into some hairy situations when we are together.
Adrianne D. says
BYOF ME!
My BFF Melissa and I have been friends for about 11 years. The best memory I have (so far) involves a canoe, lawn chairs, beer, my husband and a mucky bay in the Outer Banks. I’ll leave the rest to your imagination. ;-) We always have the best laughs together.
Taylor B. says
BYOF ME!
I have the amazing fortune of having not just one best friend but an amazing group of the best friends a person could have. I met a few of them in 4th grade (some of them have been friends with each other since preschool!), a couple more in middle school and one more in high school. Through the years we’ve all worked to remain as close as we were when we spent every single day together growing up. I love them all too much to pick just one!
Cindy O. says
BYOF ME!
Brooke says
BYOF ME!!
I have known my best friend since she was 9 and I was 12. She stole my heart by dancing to ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ in the middle of August.
Erica says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is actually someone I went to high school with but we were just acquaintances back then. We reconnected when we were thrown into co-hosting a baby shower for a mutual friend and have been tight ever since. It is so great to have someone in my adult life that I probably should have been friends with in my kid life. She is the greatest!
Megan @ Rappsody in Rooms says
BYOF ME!
It is hard to just pick one best friend, since I have the pleasure of having a few wonderful friends, but I would have to say my sister is my best friend in the whole world. We have had our ups and downs but now that we are adults we talk like the little girls who use to hide under blankets late at night so Mom wouldn’t find us staying up late and talking.
Emily says
BYOF ME!
My bff is my husband. Girls are too catty lol. We met at work and I’ve had some of the best times with him in my life. :)
Brittany says
BYOF ME!
Best friend is my husband and we definitely have a secret hand shake…we’re real cool :)
Amanda says
BYOF ME!
We both played the flute in band and never looked back!
Susan says
BYOF me!!!!
We met in HS and are married now with 3 kids! He knows me better than anyone and I love him so much!! (Cheesy I know!)
Lindsey H. says
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Jenna says
BYOF ME!
My BFF was my neighbor…at our first house. We’ve been friends for 14 years. How did you meet? Nothing weird we love doing but we have faithfully kept our Tuesday get-togethers at the beach during the summer for at least 6 years.
Dave says
BYOF ME!
Went to college together and love going out partying.
Meghan says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend playing soccer when we were 12.
Sara says
BYOF Me! Please!
Mary Thurman says
BYOF ME!
My BFF, cheesy as it sounds, is my one and only husband Kendall. And we can’t even actually remember when we met for the first time. Sad! He moved into my neighborhood when I was 15 & he was 18 and we must have met hanging out with all the neighborhood friends. One of our favorite things to do together is laugh at the craziness we’re experiencing called “parenting”!
Caitlin says
BYof me!
My bff and I joke that we have been friends since before we were before we were born. Since our moms were bffs before us!
Carey says
BYOF ME!
Me and my bestie met in high school in drama class freshman year and the rest is history. I also met my other best friend, my husband, in high school. but we didn’t date back then, we were just friends! So i met both of mine in HS!
Lili D. says
BYOF me! My BFF, as lame as it is, is my mom – she’s been there for me through all the nonsense dating back to middle school all the way to now in my mid-20s. I don’t know what I’d do without her love and support!
Denise Armbruster says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I met in fourth grade and we are still BFF’s despite many miles of separation many times. Our fav thing to do is sit on the beach in sarasota, florida and drink peach tea and talk until our tongues hurt and laugh until our stomachs hurt.
Thanks.
Ashlea says
BYOF me!!
My BFF is my hubby!! We met when he stole my job while I was away at military training!
Katie says
BYOF ME! My sister is my best friend :)
Christy says
BYOF me!!!
I have four BFF’s my sister, my best friend from high school, my best friend from college, and my sister in-law. All three I met during different phases in my life. They now live all over the US and so we spend a lot of time catching up on FaceTime! If I win, I will have to recruit one of them to come to Ikea with me when in town!
Sarah J. says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I met on the first day of college when we were assigned to be one another’s roommates :)
Allison says
BYOF ME!
We met in kindergarten at a classmates birthday party. We rode the balloon ride at chuck e cheese together.
Melissa says
BYOF me!
My BFF is my hubby. He lived down the hall from me our freshman year in the dorm and can always make me laugh.
Liana says
BYOF ME!
Emily says
BYOF ME!
Ah my bestie and I met each other in 7th grade while sporting our awesomely bad Lenape gym uniforms. We’ve been through thick and thin together and have moved here, there and everywhere yet somehow pick up exactly where we left off no matter how long it’s been since we last talked.
We typically go by E and Z – or Mama from time to time and our standard is to offer a diet coke or recommend that we meet up for a “DC” and a pretzel. We know that for both of us, this will bring a smile to our faces.
Annie says
BYOF me!!!
We met in kindergarten and have been friends ever since. When we were 26 we went out for drinks because our friendship had reached drinking age!
Livvy says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met when our daughters became best friends in kindergarten. Five years later, we are still all great friends
Kathy says
“BYOF ME! We met at the library! Now rarely have time to read for leisure but over twenty years ago, we went there with our toddlers.
Amy S. says
BYOF me. We met 24 years ago when she moved down the street from me. I was riding my bike and she was riding hers with the snobby girl in the neighborhood who told her to stick out her tounge at me. We ended up being in the same 4th grade class a few weeks later and have been BFFs ever since.
Britt says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I have known each other since 3rd grade, but didn’t become BFFs until high school. We bonded through of love of laughing until we cry over nonsense.
Brad S. says
BYOF me.
Janelle says
BYOF me! I have several BFFs but my Ginger BFF and I (we’re both redheads!) share a common love of picking on a former professor of ours. Dude was awkward.
jennifer f says
BYOF ME! We met at work 13 years ago and have been besties ever since :)