***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.
Mrs. Hutch says
BYOF ME!! My bestie is a newbie in my life. We met at church about a year and a half ago. We enjoy Pinterest, YHL, Ikea and the mysteries of the universe. We recently decided to begin a ‘Finer Things Club’ in honor of the office. First book on the docket is ‘Anne of Green Gables.’ And even more recently hosted a Pinterest Party where we stopped pinning and got down to doing. We usually try to get together one night of the week for craft, sewing, DIY time. we intend on adding audiobooks while we are getting all our projects done. you know mukti task it. She is a pretty sweet bestie.
Kim F says
BYOF me!
The group of 3 was completed in middle school. We’ve been friends longer than we haven’t.
Karen says
BYOF Me!!!
I met my very first best friend in Kindergarten and we’ve been friends ever since! Even after she moved to GA, we keep in contact and even if it’s been weeks since we last talked and 6 years since we’ve seen each other face to face, it still feels like we just saw each other yesterday.
Christa says
BYOF MEEEEE!!!
My bestie is my husband. We’re an old married couple at two and a half years, but we still love hanging out together, speaking in weird, random accents and just being goofy on a regular basis. There’s no one I’d rather share my life with. :)
Sharon says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend when I transferred jobs. We worked together only briefly, but our fast friendship has lasted through the years. We call each other our Inner Circle Chica because we are the only ones that we trust won’t judge our messy houses!
Lauren S says
BYOF me…We met when I moved to Jersey from South Carolina when I was 6…many years ago.
Rachel says
BYOF me!
My best friend is my soon to be husband, and one of our favorite things to do is go to Ikea…no lie, we set aside several hours any time we are in Atlanta so we can wander through at our own pace. We got both our wonderful mattress and our massive Karlstad sofa there :)
Alex says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is an actress in L.A. — someday she’ll be famous and I’ll live vicariously through her as her personal assistant. :) We joke about that all the time!
Kim says
BYOF ME! My BFF Jeannette and I have known each other since like 3rd grade or something. We love looking through really old year books, like my mom’s old year books.
Anna says
BYOF ME! please.
I met my BFF at the bus stop when we were 13. Now we’re 31!
Jess says
BYOF me! met my best friend in 5th grade. we love just hanging and talking.. we once had a contest to see who could wear their jeans the longest without washing them in 10th grade, she won 32 days… those things could have walked away bythemselves when we were done.!
Katy says
BYOF me!
I met my best friends shortly after leaving the birth canal…my 3 older sisters. Best gift my parents ever gave me.
Anneliese says
BYOF me! I met my best friend in 5th grade and we’ve been friends ever since.
Dustin says
BYOF ME! We met in 6th grade and will be friends forever!
Jessica Capretto says
BYOF me!!
Emily Williams says
BYOF ME!!!!
My BFF met in college in Georgia but didn’t become friends until working together at an archaeological firm in Tennessee. We became BEST friends one winter when we made soap and bath salts together for family Christmas gifts. We’ve each moved around the country and back again, but still remain close. I love that girl!
Amy M says
BYOF ME!!
Holly says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I told everyone in middle/high school that we were cousins. Some people still believe it to this day even when we tell them the truth!
paula says
BYOF ME! My bestie and I met in the 3rd grade. We’ve been so close, my parents thought we were secret lady lovers since childhood. She is now happily married and has a chubtastic baby boy, and I am in love with an awesome man. Though we never were in love with each other, I LOVE HER MORE THAN ANYONE!
Amanda G says
BYOF ME!
My ‘best friend’ isn’t just one person these days, but several… Starting with my dog, my boy friend, my Mom, and so on.
Maddy says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend in college–we lived across the hall from each other!
Rhune says
BYOF ME!
Rose says
BYOF ME Please! My BFF and I met in 4th grade which would be 17 years ago. We decided we wanted rhyming names and started calling each other Tracey and Stacey. These days we are back to our given names but those names are still our inside joke.
Intisar says
BYOF ME! My bff and I have been friends since 7th grade. We are thirty now!
Regina says
BYOF ME!
My bff and I go back to preschool when we were 3. She lived literally around the corner from us, and I probably spent half of my childhood at her yard. We lost contact for a while during our teen years, but now we are 48/49 years and still going!
Swathi says
“BYOF ME!”
She is 8,000 miles away and I sorely miss her
Paige H says
BYOF ME!
cc says
BYOF ME!
This has me thinking of a couple of friends from back in high school that I haven’t talked to forever– I need to look them up!
Katie F. says
BYOF ME!!!
It is so hard to choose. I have been blessed with MANY best friends. My mom. My two besties from Elementary school on. My high school and college besties. My amazing husband, who really is my BEST friend. There is a real abundance of great friends in my life. Today, though, I would say that those two lovely girls from Elementary years have probably been the greatest strength to me in times of need, and I love that we’ve been able to remain close after all these years.
Katelin says
Byof me please!
Cathy W says
BYOF Me!! My BFF is my sis.. we met when she was born, and we shared a room until high school. I get to visit her in RIchmond next weekend!!
Mary says
BYOF Me!
My best friend is my husband. We met in college through mutual friends. We got married 7 years later. We just bought our first house last year and we are enjoying the journey of decorating (and surviving) on a budget together. I know that I’m rubbing off when he brings home a picture frame from work that someone was planning on throwing away. Mr. Thrifty!
Karen B. says
BYOF ME!!
I met my bff in high school and even though we haven’t lived in the same city for almost a decade now, we have the best time when we get together.
Jenn says
not sure if my comments are posting… I have 2 best friends I cant just choose 1!!!
My first one i have known since high school and her nickname for me is ducky
my 2nd best friend i met when i started a new job 4 years ago and its like we have known each other for years!!!
LOVE THEM BOTH AND LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Amy M says
BYOF ME!!
We met in preschool went to the same elementary school, high school and college.
Courtney says
BYOF ME!
My bestie and I met at work – I overheard her talking about looking for a new apartment, and I butted into the conversation since I was apartment hunting at the same time. It turns out it IS possible to make people be your friends!
Ruth says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met in high school marching band >20 years ago. Yes, we’re a little geeky, but we like to say there’s a lot more to us than that! Now we live in neighboring towns, our daughters are the same ages, and we still have lots in common.
BYOF ME!! says
I met my best friend at work.
Katherine says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF in grad school. Less than 5% of our program is female, so we both stuck out like sore thumbs. Even though we’ve always been at different points in our lives, we can always talk to each other about anything.
monica b says
BYOF ME! My bff and I have a special voice that drives my husband crazy! We call each other 233, as in the days of pagers typing out BFF on the phone,met her freshman year of highschool and now she knows too much about me to ever leave her behind ;)
Melissa B. says
BYOF me!
I met my best friend in elementary school. We were always in the same group of friends, but became very close in high school. I couldn’t imagine life without her!
Jessica says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I met when she moved here in third grade (25 years ago!) and she sat next to me. We both have kids now and we just like getting together and catching up when we can.
Charissa J. says
BYOF ME!
I met my best friend at age 13 at summer camp. The following year both of our famalies moved to NC from PA and NY and we lived 15 minutes from each other. Small world and such a blessing when we both felt so alone in a new place!
steve says
BYOF ME!
Met in high school and still talk regularly, even though we now live about 1800 miles apart.
Kristin says
BYOR ME!!
my BFF and I met at work and our favorite thing to do together is plan a trip to IKEA! We live 3 hours from the nearest one, so we peruse the catalog for months and make lists and hunt the website until we can FINALLY make it happen!! :D
Krista Lee says
BYOF Me!
Angel L says
BYOF ME!!
My best friend and I met the first day of college. We were dorm mates! We have known each other for 25 years now.
bethany says
BYOF ME!!!!
my ultimate bff is my husband. i’ve had various best friends throughout my life that i’m still extremely close with!!! you can never have too many really good friends-in fact, i’d have a hard time picking 2 other people from those really good friends!!!
michelle morris says
BYOF ME! I met my BFF at work! We keep each other sane in gchat (gmail)!
Kimberly says
BYOF me!
My BFF is my husband. We started dating in high school, married our second yr of college. We have tons of fun and as many nicknames for each other. Most frequently, I am the ‘gumbo’ to his ‘pokey’. Nothing creepy there, really. And I used to get the words Gumby and gumbo mixed up, which is a terrifyingly common issue for my brain!
Here’s to everyone partying with their bestie at ikea! :)