***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.
Laura D. says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I met when I was a month old – our parents have been best friends for over 30 years!
K (Barking Babymama) says
BYOF ME!!! My BFF is amazingly my husband’s BFF’s wife. That so rarely happens, right? We are so blessed to be couple-BFFs. We met in college through a Christian group on campus 12 1/2 years ago (which is also where we met our husbands) – we have been best friends through weddings, babies, moves, college graduations, then medical school graduations (her), and are still going strong! We have tons of inside jokes – all we have to do is say one word to get the other giggling.
Megan says
BYOF ME! My best friend ran into me on the playground at school. I was running in front of the slide as he was coming down it. And he told that story to everyone at my wedding this past year…
Megan says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met in college, this year is our 10 year anniversary! We’ve always enjoyed watching (behind our blankets) horror movies. Kind of weird for 28y/o females.
Anastasia says
BYOF me!
My BFF is my hubby. We have all sorts of weird things/nicknames between each other but my favorite is our fist pound, which we will use any occasion to use!
Isabel says
BYOF me!
My BFF was the only one who would talk to me, the awkward new girl, on my first day of high school 12.5 years ago. :)
Ellen says
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Lisa D says
BYOF ME! My bestie and I were roomies in college. No crazy nicknames or dances but we do have a lot of “songs” from getting ready to party together! We also get to be roomies again soon which is the best!
Amanda says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met in college. We were in the same sorority but didn’t become close until our senior year. Many years later, we now live on opposite sides of the country. Despite a 3 hour time difference, we wait for each other to watch our favorite shows so we can talk about them together. We try to visit at least once a year and something crazy always happens but no nicknames…YET!
Rachel says
BYOF me! My best friend used to date my Husband’s friend! They broke up but she and I stayed close.
Payal says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I have been friends for over 20 years.
Beth M says
BYOF ME!!
My best friend & I are cousins so i guess we’ve know each other 29 years :) Would love to take her shopping at IKEA :)
stacy t says
BYOF ME!
I met my bestie in HighSchool spanish. We were both reading Gone with the Wind – both for the 100th time :)
stacy t says
^^And that was almost 20 years ago!
Kate G says
BYOF me!
My bf and I met in 7th grade and she hated me at first!
Erin says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I are both Erin, so we’ve always had a good time spending the first 5 minutes convincing anyone new we meet that we really are BOTH named Erin… it became extra fun when she began dating a guy, also an Aaron.
ae reed says
BYOF ME!….well I have three besties so i could be in trouble!! LOL……buy anyway…..they are my friends tammy….robin and gus. I met gus in college..we were NOT friends in the beginning as he couldn’t stand me….his roomie had a crush on me so all he heard all day was how cute i was!! LOL…….I met tammy while working at a local banking call center…..i asked a question and my perfectly timed eye roll set the wheels in motion….and lastly my friend robin is my like my second mom and we met while working at a local photo studio……
DebbyeS says
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Laine says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I have been friends since 1st grade (27 years!). I cried because I was scared of school or being alone or something, so she became my friend.
Mandy says
BYOF ME!! My husband and I met as freshman at college. He loaned me a pencil at an orientation seminar and we hae been best friends ever since:)
KiTX says
BYOF ME!
Excluding the husband and our first dog, my best friend and I have been besties for almost 16 years since high school freshmen biology class. But we actually met for one brief one week period years before at a summer program in the library for creative writing when we were 8 years old. We are geeks to the core, and we love each other for it.
Kelsey says
BYOF Me!
My best friend and I met in college. We have been besties for about 7 years. We do a lot of laughing when we are together and it’s the best!
Erin says
BYOF me!
Met my BFF in second grade and we’re still best buds.
An says
My BFF is my cousin and we’ve been friends since we were one when her family came to the US from Vietnam
An says
And BYOF ME! Hehe
Amy says
My BFF & I went to high school together but became close during spring break of our senior year. She has many nicknames, but Strine is the one that’s stuck over the 14 years (YIKES!) we’ve been friends. I know she follows your blog… hopefully she sees this. :) Our favorite pastime is eating pizza… reminds us of college!
Mikala says
BYOF me! My best girl-friend and I have been friends for 10 years. In high school (before we were super close) I used to get information out of her boyfriend about what he was getting her for Christmas, her birthday, etc. And my other bestie is of course my fiance. I dig him :-)
Tiffany Lee says
BYOF Me! Don’t really have one BFF, but I have a couple people in mind!
Leah Powell says
BYOF ME!!! My bestie is Ashley, we met in college where we both worked at the Rec Center. My favorite memory with Ashley was having her by my side as my MOH at my wedding this past summer!
Jane Bumgarner says
BYOF ME!
The hubster is my best friend and we have known each other since college. I call him Panda because I think he looks like one when he chews and he calls me Looby Boots for reasons I may never know.
Jenna says
BYOF ME! I’ve known my bestie since we played college volleyball together. We can still talk about anything and even if we don’t talk for a month, we can pick back up like no time has passed. :)
Miranda says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I have been friends for 21 years. We met in Kindergarden!
Ally says
BYOF ME!! We met in diapers!
Christine says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend Freshman year in college. She lived next door, and we ended up forcing our roommates to swap so we could live together mid year.
Anesha says
BYOF ME!!
My BFF is my sister in law Liz. We met through her brother/my husband. We hated eachother at first. She didn’t even want to be a part of my wedding. ;-( I’m not sure where the tables turned…but now we are like peas and carrots, hummus and grapes, wendy’s frostie and french fries…
Now I need a snack.
Meg says
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Kathleen says
BYOF ME!
My bestie is my friend Brianna, we became friends while working in a coffee shop in high school and moved into apartments in the same city after college- we call each other soulmates :)
Marianne K says
BYOF ME, please. :-) I call my friend “Six.” She calls me “Blossom” because we spent the night together- on school nights! as teenagers. . . Normally, we were only allowed to have sleepovers on the weekends. So, since we were allowed to sleepover in high school on a Tuesday (or something like that,) we determined that we were sitcom friends.
Netty C says
BYOF me! I met my best friend on our first day of dance class when we were 3 years old. Now 30+ years later, she lives in the NE and I live in the deep South, but we still manage to see each other at least twice a year and leave alot of voice mail messages for one another. So many memories! Now our kids, though very young, are “friends” too.
Amy says
Forgot to add… BYOF ME! :)
Michelle says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend at a mutual friend’s house and we instantly fell into mutual weirdness/curiosity/attraction. A few years later, we got married, and now, 12 years after we met, we’re redo-ing our own 3 year old’s big girl room right along with you.
Tanya says
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Rebekka says
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Claudia says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I met in kindergarten. We both read YHL and text or email each other often to say, “Did you read YHL today?” so we can talk about projects together. We also like to shop at Ikea together because the men in our lives just don’t understand the appeal.
Trina says
BYOF me! I met both of my BFFs in kindergarten 25 years ago! We went to school together all the way through our freshman year of college. We’ve done many stupid things together, but no crazy handshakes.
Taylor says
BYOF me! My best friend and I made the first day freshman year of college. We joke that we’re so close, we’d pee our pants for each other because … we have. She once had a drunken “accident” while laughing too hard and waiting in a looong bar bathroom line. Not wanting her to feel embarrassed, I did it too. And off we went into the night. Anything for a friend.
Mary says
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Michelle White says
BYOF ME! Oh IKEA! Gotta love it! :)
My bestie and I met in college, and actually didn’t really like each other that much for quite awhile. Oh how different life would be if we wouldn’t have changed our minds! :)
maureen says
BYOF Me!!!!! Been best friends since the 3rd grade, both pushing 46…on our way to les miz movie tonight (neither husband wants to see)Everyone knows the candy calories consumed at movies don’t count!!! :)
DebbyeS says
BYOF ME! My bff is my husband. We met in our first semester of college, got married when we graduated, and have now been married 18 wonderful years!
Kim says
BYOF ME! My bff and I have been friends since first grade! Growing up in a small town you go to grade school all the way to high school graduation together! Lots of great memories. Today we live far apart and only get to see each other a few times a year, but when we are together we pick up right where we left off.. that’s a true bff. and OT I lOVE ME SOME IKEA. chicago city dweller right here! :)
Chelsea @ Chelsea Eats Treats says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is probably my boyfriend (cheesy, I know) and we’ve been dating for about 4.5 years. I love everything we do together, whether it’s traveling somewhere cool or just goofing around while doing the dishes. Everything is fun when we’re together!