***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.
Sara says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I met in high school, where we competed in speech events, and then met again in college, where we had similar majors and shared classes. Since we’re both from incredibly small towns, we took the second meeting as a sign and have been near-inseparable ever since. Last year, she moved to the West Coast and I’m still in OK, so thank goodness for the Internet!
Linda Burton says
BYOF ME!!!!!
My best friend is my identical twin sister “Sally”. I have known her all our life (of course). This is a great give-away.
caitlin says
Byof me! My bff introduced me to yhl!
Jessica says
BYOF Me!
My oldest bestie and I have been friends for 18 years, since 6th grade.
Jennifer P says
BYOF ME! Met my best friend in college.
Jessica says
BYOF me!
My best friend has been my friend since we were 7. She lives in California now, but when we do get to see each other it’s like we never were apart!
Sarah P says
BYOF ME!
I met my best friend within my first week of college… which was 12 years ago! (ack). We’ve been completely on the same page ever since :).
Chrissy says
BYOF Me! My BFF and I met about 6 years ago, and now that we’re no longer in the same city, we’re glad anytime we can do ANYTHING together!
Gwen says
BYOF ME!
My bestie and I met when we were womb-mates :) My twin sis.
Ellen says
BYOF ME!
My bff is my husband- cheesy, I know! We met at summer camp as counselors :)
Lisa says
“BYOF ME!”
My BFF and I met our freshman year in high school when we learned we were dating the same boy. We both kicked him to the curb and we have been beast friends for 23 years!
Jen says
BYOF me! My BFF and I call each other ‘my oldest and dearest’ friend. We met in third grade and have been through marriages, divorces, cross-country moves, remarriages, and babies together. We were in each other’s weddings and don’t laugh with anyone else quite like we do when we’re together.
Lindsay says
BYOF ME! My best friend and I met in high school, when we were 16 (ten years, holy $#!+). We call each other mom… and I couldn’t really explain to you why. There’s really no rhyme or reason to our weirdness.
Daniela says
BYOF ME!!!!
Allison W. says
BYOF Me! My BFF is my husband, aww. We met online and are currently gearing up to have our first child! We could definitely use some Ikea up in here!
Adriane says
BYOF me! My husband is my best friend. But, I also havea group of girlfriends that I met in 7th grade and now we are all 30! I love that we are so engrained in each other’s lives and memories, since we don’t exactly hang out every day anymore (more like monthly). We still never miss the big stuff!
Jeni T says
BYOF ME!
I met my best friend in 7th grade so we’ve been friends for 21 years. We became mothers within a year or so of each other, and moms to two within months. Some common topics of conversation: motherhood, marriage, and our love of Downton Abbey, Etsy, and washi tape.
Adam says
BYOF ME
MY BFF introduced me to Ikea and know my home has many pieces of furniture put together by me.
Megan Cuy Castellanos says
BYOF me!
My besty and I have been friends since 8th grade, but we actually met in 7th grade when she and the group of friends she was with tried to beat me up (over a boy)! Lol Thank goodness the beating didn’t happen, otherwise we might not be friends now, 15 years later!
Amber W says
BYOF ME! I met my two BFFs in 1st grade and we were inseparable until college. We now live all over the country but still find a weekend every other month to have a girls get-together.
Lisa says
BYOF ME! My BFF from childhood was like the little sister I never had as both of us were only children and we are only 9 months apart in age. Sadly she decided to end our friendship when I got engaged (and she was still single and about to turn 30). I hope one day we’ll be close again.
Alyson says
BYOF ME!!
My FF lives in Richmond, VA (believe it or not). We’ve known each other since high school. Back then we talked about what we’d wear to school the next day and how to decorate our rooms. Turns out, some things never change! And yes, she did get me a signed copy of your book and the R Home magazine for Christmas. That’s true bff love :)
Sarah says
BYOF ME!!
I met my bestfriend in Kindergarten. I remember spending the night with her (probably 3rd Grade) and we were practicing cheers in her front yard and waving and acting foolish as cars would pass. One car went up the road, slammed on its breaks and turned around. We were so scared!! I ran behind the house (thinking she ran there, too) and unknown to me, she had ran inside. When her mom reunited us we were both crying thinking that the car had kidnapped the other one of us. To this day we talk about almost getting kidnapped together. We laugh now,(we are both in our 30’s) but I think it still scares us a little.
Oh yeah, and I married her cousin. So, friends for life and part of the family! ;)
Jenn says
BYOF. She’s my older sister, so i guess we met when i was born…but I have no recollection of how that all went down!
Brandi Howard says
BYOF Me!!!
My best friend is my husband! We met online (weird right?). I call him Goober, b/c he’s funny, cute, and charming, and it just seemed “fitting” and he calls me Doll.
Our weird thing is we’ll say “I love you around the Butt!” (This came from when we were driving somewhere and my husband explained this, “Imagine your start point is your belly button, and you’re trying to get to your belly button. Instead of just picking up your finger, and putting it back down, and arriving at your destination, you went all the way around your torso, and your butt to get back to your bellybutton. So now the short version, is “I love you around the butt” (which means more love)… confusing?? Yes… but the perfect inside joke.
Joanne says
BYOF me!
My best friend is Darlene and went met junior year high school in homeroom!
Erika says
BYOF Me!
We met the first day of college orientation, decided to be roommates and have been inseperable ever since (going on 10 years now!) We love random dance parties and our husbands understand and appreciate our weird relationship
Theresa says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is my husband!
Kara says
BYOF ME! I met my BFF in Sunday School 23 years ago. We do have nicknames for each other that I will not mention.
Jackie says
BYOF ME! My older sister is my friend. I’m fairly certain that she wasn’t happy when I came around and stole the spotlight. We fought like crazy until she moved away for college. Absense makes the heart grow fonder. :)
Ryan says
BYOF ME!!! My best friend and I met in high school… We had the same sense of humor and taste in pretty much everything. His name is Justin and now he’s my best friend and my husband. Nickname Chewy (like chewbacca) and we do everything together but our favorite thing to do right now is play with our amazing 1 year old!
Kati Howell says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is actually my cousin. We never got along until senior year. We were at a church gathering and played a game of ping pong together. I laughed more that night with her than I ever had. Best friends since!
Meghan, RVA says
BYOF ME!
Tracy & I met my sophomore year of college. We had a mutual friend who kept talking about us to the other one, saying that we needed to meet. When we finally did, within the 1st 5 minutes, I had told Jeff, our mutual friend, that I was pregnant with her love child, and she totally rolled with it. Besties ever since.
Cinamon says
“BYOF ME!” – We always refer to each other by last name.
Maren says
BYOF Me!!! My best friend is my cousin slash roommate and we’ve been besties forever!
Sarah r. says
BYOF ME!
i met my BFF- my husband- in middle school. :) we had crushes on each other then… but it took us 12 years to actually start dating :)
Ashley says
BYOF ME!
I met my best friend in college, but when people see us together they find it hard to believe we didn’t grow up together!
Megan G says
BYOF Me!
My best friend and I became really close back in high school when all our other friends joined the tennis team & we didn’t. All they talked about was tennis drama for awhile & we were not amused. Over 10 years later & 400 miles apart, I still consider her my by chummy. :)
Traci says
BYOF ME!
I’ve known my best friend since we started Daisy girl scouts at age 5. She’s a wanderer, but no matter where she’s living in the world, I can call her up and we don’t miss a beat in conversation. We’re quite opposite in many ways, but it works–like a yin and yang type-deal.
Ashleigh says
BYOF ME!! My BFF moved in across the street from me when we were about 7. I thought she was a boy at first (already had enough of those on the block!), and was so thrilled when her short haircut revealed a Katie! We still laugh at that story today.
Lisa says
BYOF Me!
My best friend and I decided in high school that we should have a song like all our friends who were dating people. I still think of her and usually text every time it comes on the radio
Paige says
Byof me! I met my bestie during sophomore year of high school – we’ve been friends for over 12 years (yikes, i’m old!) We have years of inside jokes – most of them coming from our time as roommates in college (my fave being her pouring liquified candle wax down the sink drain – oy!)
Elizabeth says
BYOF ME!
Met my best friend in 2nd grade…thirty-nine years ago!
Jessica G. says
I met my best friend on the first day of junior high. Our moms had met earlier and thought that we’d hit it off, so they gave each of us a note with the other one’s name and told us to look for each other. They were right. That was almost 20 years ago (yikes!), and she’s still like a sister to me.
Maira says
BYOF ME!! We met in college and became best-friends while being housemates abroad. We got on each others nerves, stood up for each other, took care of each other, and bonded over being homesick. It’s also the first time we heard of IKEA!
Natalie Ramello says
BYOF ME! I met one of my BFFs in law school. All those hours of studying and working together made us super close and now we have shared everything from babies to the bar exam.
Amber says
BYOF ME!!! I have two BFs. Amber and I were penpals in the 1st grade. We are both named Amber so I am “Am” and she is “Ber.” Just love her and now we are miles apart :(
Amber says
oops sent too soon…. : ) And my KK(Kristi Kay). We have been friends since 2002 when we started working together at a salon. We later opened up our own salon together. I just love to laugh with her all the time.
Pep says
BYOF ME!
I met my best friend when we were four years old and lived around the corner from each other. I would ride my bike around the block with my dad and see her looking out her window and wave. Then we started kindergarten together and the rest is history!
Traci says
BYOF ME!!!! My best friend is my sister. We are 15 months apart and currently pregnant at the same time and due two months apart!
Jennifer M says
BYOF Me!
My BFF is my amazing husband… we met in college studying architecture and now both practice together. I’m lucky!