***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.
Yvonne Coney says
“BYOF ME”
My best friend is my fiance Branden, How we met is really weird I was a senior in high school and he was a senior in college. He was trying to call his friend but ended up calling my phone number. I told him he dialed the wrong number, but instead of hanging up like a normal person he started talking and asking me questions. He lived three blocks from my house, and had been living there since he was 3 and in all that time we never met. We have been best friends since 2006 and started dating in 2009. Mostly everything we do is weird, for example whenever we are bored we just bust out rapping or if he starts rapping a real verse that i do not know, i will just start rapping off the top of my head and he doesn’t even care that it wasn’t apart of the original rap, he will just start making up verses too. We have about 50 nicknames for each other and we are always coming up with new ones when ever we feel like it. I call him ba ba, braybee, Bloden, B, Bran Bran, big lil baby he calls me Sookie, ba ba, lil big baby, Shar Shar, and much more. Our secret handshake looks sort of like a gang member handshake and is kind of long and we swear we are gangsta. But yeah i have the best BFF ever!
JacieS says
BYOF ME! My best friend and I didn’t meet until we were 35, but we have the same birthday and were born in the same hospital! Small world…. She just moved into a new home that needs lots of TLC, so I would love to win this and send it to her.
Arrie says
BYOF me!
I stole my BFF from her then-BFF at the time, way back in high school. Our favorite thing to do back then was sitting in my car behind the “Happy Spa” waiting for ashamed men to come in or out the back door.
Hillary says
BYOF ME!!
We met in High School and we actually didn’t like each other that much! We both were better friends with guys because we hated all that catty drama that one can associate with high school girls. When we both realized we felt the same way, we fell in like!
Tank says
Byof me! My BFF and I met at work.
Jennifer says
BYOF ME!!!
My BFFs and I all LOVE IKEA! I make regular trips to the nearest store 2.5 hours away with one BFF. And my long-distance BFF and I regularly have discussions that revolve around YHL and IKEA.
Kara says
BYOF Me! My bff and I are total goofballs. He was the “maid of honor” at my wedding!
Janalee says
BYOF ME! My best friend and I have been married for 5 years and have two adorable little boys!
Kacey says
BYOF me! I’m going to visit my sister (and best friend) in a couple weeks and, since I don’t have an Ikea near me, we already have our trip there planned (and I mean literally…10am March 22, Woodbridge, VA Ikea here we come!)
Becca says
BYOF ME!!
BeckyB says
BYOF ME!
jo says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is my husband – we met in a bookstore.
Emily W says
BYOF Me!
My BFF and I were in the same sorority in college. We share mildly ridiculous obsessions with anything related to Harry Potter, Mizzou college basketball, and Meg Cabot books.
Monica says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I were randomly paired up as freshman year college roommates. Who would have guessed late night gab sessions over greasy pizza and dressing up in each other’s clothes (I’m 5’11, she’s 5’2) would lead to such a long-lasting friendship that has seen us through weddings, childbirth, and the death of a parent. She’s the best!
sheryl says
BYOF ME!
I met my bestie at a goth club in 1998; my then-boyfriend & I were looking for a singer for our band, and she looked like she knew everyone, so we introduced ourselves, told her about our quest, exchanged numbers and went home. The next day she called every single number I’d given her, and we haven’t stopped babbling at each other since.
Heather says
BYOF me! Imet my BFF in jr. High and we’ve pretty much been besties ever since!
Jessica says
BYOF me! My BFF and I have been friends since jr. high!
Leslie says
BYOF me! Do I have to choose just one BFF??? Can’t do it!
Dani says
BYOF ME! Met my best friend in high school and we’ve now been married for a few years.
Ali says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I met in college, bonded over a love for all things pop culture, rich, chocolaty desserts and an innate ability to make the other crack up. All the time.
Lisa says
“BYOF ME!” My BFF met in the 6th grade so we have now been friends for over 35 yrs. We have both moved to many states all across the country since then and somehow those moves always take us further apart geographically but the distance has never changed our great friendship.
Michelle says
BYOF me!! My BFF and I met when we were just 7 years old, we were both the little sisters of our sister’s girl scouts troop! 16 years going strong :)
Heather H says
BYOF ME!!! My BFF is my hubby & we met on a blind date 7 years ago :)
Alex says
BYOF Me! My best friend and I were roommates in college. She was from California and I’m from CT and we met at school in Indiana… We’re complete opposites but go so perfectly together!
Alison says
BYOF ME!
We met on the second day of kindergarten :-)
Tamie says
BYOF ME!
my sister is my bff. I met her when I came home from the hospital. No special language or handshake just a sister’ s intuition when something is wrong.I have to thank my parents for making us friends and being sure we are always tgere for each other.
Sarah Hoerst says
“BYOF ME!” My BFF and I have been friends for 16 years(ekk, I’m old) we met because we were the 2 slowest runners in our freshman gym class.
Alicia M says
BYOF me! My BFF is my sister, so I guess we met at some point shortly after her birth? HAHA. :)
Jodi W says
BYOF me!
My best friend and I met 28 years ago in college. We roomed together for 3 years. We were in each others weddings, and still get together often even though we live an hour apart.
Robin M says
BYOF ME!!!
I have two besties. We met at the local dogpark 6 years ago because our dogs were BFFs first. We’re super dorky and have a secret code name ‘ARG’ and we love to do crafty kitchen projects together (can 150lbs of tomatoes? Sure!) We are all homeowners with a long list of improvement projects, so we’d LOVE the IKEA gift cards.
Jen @ The Well Read Fish says
BYOF ME!
College. College is what did it. What sealed the deal was ridiculous antics over some ODB lyrics, pajama-wearing dance parties in our apartment, and a love for creating spooky graveyard brownies at Halloween time.
The dance parties continue. I’m 34.
Rachael says
Byof me so fun!
katie says
BYOF me!! My BFF is my sweet husband, we met at your typical college party :)
Shanna Gilbert says
BYOF ME!!!
Neal C says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is my wife. We met 4 years ago in DC at a party. We do tons of fun stuff together, seriously. She’s a gem.
Kym V says
BYOF ME!!!
My BFF is Ila and we met way back in the 6th grade and have been joined at the hip ever since. We have all kinds of crazy nicknames or sayings for one another but I think the craziest thing we have ever done together would be our trip to NYC. All kinds of fun memories! Oh and college…oh my!
Hannah says
BYOF Me!
My BFF and I met in Jr. High. We lived just a few blocks away from each other. Nearly 2 decades, 4 states, 3 kids, and lots of jobs/college/life later we once again live just a few blocks apart in a new town and see each other almost every day.
ali says
byof me… my best friends and i met freshman year at baylor university in texas… and 13 years later, we all live within 20 minutes of each other!
Erin @ The Great Indoors says
BYOF me!
I have a few besties, all who I met in college. Although none of us live in the same city, it’s so much fun getting together with them (individually, together, however we can work it out) and picking up right where we left off.
Jennifer Cooper says
BYOF Me!
I have two close BFF that live out of state. I met both of them through our homeschool support group. Because of our similar interests we just bonded.
Susan says
BYOF me!
We met in college and we’ve called and visited and supported each other through the ups and downs of the past decade.
Jenny says
Byof me
My best friend is my twin sister so obvs we’ve known each other forever. ^_^
Virginia says
BYOF ME! We met in college.
Kelly says
BYOF me!
My bestie is actually my boyfriend (awww) and we met via the same way I met my other non-boyfriend bestia: through the magic of the internet!
BreeAnn says
BYOF Me!
My bestie and I have known each other since we were little kids becuase our moms were friends at church, we were close in high school and then solidifyed it all once we both moved home after college and were trying to figure out being grown ups together.
BreeAnn says
Oh and P.S. one of our favorite things to do together is IKEA shopping :) And meatballs… but we’re waiting for the all clear on the horse-meat front before enjoying those again.
Tiff says
BYOF ME!
My BFF & I met in 2001! she is now moving to CA come tomorrow : (
Kelsey says
BYOF ME!!
Met the bestie on the first day of 6 grade 13 years later and we’re still going strong. My funniest memory of us actually involves a large amount of Ikea furniture and more than a few curse words.
Katie T says
BYOF Me!
I saved my best friend ( Lulu) from a creepy guy at a party our freshmen year of college and we’ve been besties ever since. We bond over scary movies – and sneaking food in to watch those movies!
Brittany says
BYOF me :D
My bestie was a year young then me in high school and we only lived a block apart so I gave her rides to and from practice after school when we were in sports together. 14 years, a few boyfriends, marriage and babies later we’re still buddies!
Carrie M. says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend because her husband and mine are best friends. It makes weekend get togethers absolutely awesome! :)