***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.
Kim says
BYOF me!!! My bestie and I met Freshman year in high-school after she insulted my makeup application (the nerve)! Thirteen years later, she’s still keeping it up!
Jessica says
BYOF me!
My best friend and I have known each other for 12 years. She’s marrying her high-school sweetheart next month and I get to be her MoH. Bridal shower next weekend! :)
Franny says
BYOF me!
My best friend and I have been BFF since high school. We love doing anything together from vacations to laying on her couch watching trashy TV.
Melissa says
BYOF me! My BFF is my sister and that says it all
Ash says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met at school. It was summer and everyone was gone, so we started hanging out and playing tennis together. Now we are BFF <3ers.
kyria says
BYOF ME!!!
We do have a secret handshake :)
Abigail says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is from high school. We read in coffeeshops together, without saying anything.
nan says
BYOF me!
Casey says
BYOF ME!!
My BFF and I met in elementary school – we live on opposite sides of the country, but when we do get together we like to go on road trips and rock out to musicals in the car :-)
Ann says
Byof me!
I met my BFFs forever ago. We all went to high school together.
Amanda S. says
BYOF ME!
Valerie H. says
BYOF ME!
We went to gradescchool together but did not become BFF’s until college.
Wendy M. says
BYOF Me!
My bestie and I were born 3 months apart – our moms were best friends when they were pregnant with us. We even lived together for a time when we were 2. Our greatest accomplishment is seeing Hanson in concert over 10 times together!
Annai Smith says
BYOF ME! My BFF is my Hubby. I’ve known him since we were 14 years old. Let’s just say I was not impressed at first sight but now after 19 years of marriage we love running together.
Amanda K says
BYOF ME! I guess me bff would be my husband and we met in college.
shelley says
BFOF me! I met my BFF 18 years ago in our first year of college, for the last 6 years we’ve lived more than 4,000 miles apart- but skype and the odd exotic location meet-up are saviors! my hubby is 2nd BFF (glad he doesn’t read this!)
Lindsay Templeton says
BYOF me!!
My best friend and I have been friends since 6th grade travel basketball and we are now 30! We LOVED taking silly pictures in weird places and being completely goofy together. She is still and will always be my best friend! :)
Lindsay T
Jennifer says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF at a rooftop bar in Boulder, Colorado. He knows me better than anyone else in the world and went from being my BFF/BF to being my husband last October!
Melyssa says
met in college!
Jenn K. says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I met in college and we both love Ikea!
Janetl says
BYOF ME!
13 years and we made up our own secret language. We don’t get to see each other enough though as we’ve gotten older.
Hilary W. says
BYOF Me!!
My husband :-)
Misti says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I met through a mutual friend.
Adrienne says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met while working together almost 5 years ago. Can’t believe it’s been that long! We actually just went to Ikea together last month too. We love shopping together, going to the movies (or renting them when we don’t feel like changing out of our pjs…) and playing board and card games.
Emily says
BYOF ME!
I had some trouble deciding which best friend to tell you about! They all seem “best” in one way or another. But in all truth, my very best friend is my husband. I’ve never in my life known someone so well, gotten along so well, or felt like I had so much in common with someone as with him! And of course, we love decorating our common living space with all kinds of IKEA things together.
Jodi F. says
BYOF ME! My bestie just happens to be my sister! She just got married, and I would love to treat her with a trip to IKEA so she can continue to make her new apartment a home!
Yossy says
BYOF ME I met my BFF in middle school, at first glance she thought I was her cousin.
Meghan Lindsay says
BYOF ME!
We met in 8th grade math class and are still friends 14 years later! And unfortunately, we don’t get to do much together since she lives in Virginia and I live in Texas. Sad face :(
Eric says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I were just at Ikea. It would be so nice to go back and spend even more freely!
Randie says
BYOF Me!
I need so many things at Ikea right now–this would be the best prize ever!
Virginia says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is actually my cousin too. Although we weren’t always super close growing up, we have been for about 7 years now. Its great! One thing we both definitely do is read YHL, kinda obsessively ;)
Krystle says
BYOF ME!
We met in kindergarten!!
Tim says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF at match.com. She enjoys looking for ideas on this site and we enjoy implementing them together.
Jen says
BYOF ME! My BFF was a sorority sister and college roommate. We have a doozy of a story about Vegas, Elton John, and Bacardi 151. But you know what they say about Vegas…
Lori H says
BYOF me! My best friend and I have been friends since 9th grade (and we are 50 now!) We are opposite in several ways (notably, politically) but we share a history and a love of reading and of our families that overcomes our differences. I could share the IKEA gift card with her! Maybe…
Rachel says
BYOF me!!
My BFF is my husband. We’ve know each other since elementary school.
Caron says
Byof me
Diana says
BYOF me! My bestie is Lizzie and we met in the dorms freshman year of college. She was my next door neighbor, and it has been love ever since.
Kay says
BYOF me!
I live with my BFF and we really need some Ikea shelving and cabinets!
Jess says
BYOF me!! I’m married to my best friend and one of my favorite things to do with him is cuddle on the couch and laugh hysterically at ‘Damn You AutoCorrect’. There are always sore abs and tears running down our faces.
Holli C says
Byof me!!!
Melissa Hoffman says
BYOF ME!
I met my bf in college. She was on my volleyball team :)
Jody says
BYOF ME!!
Cindy says
BYOF Me! Junior high…. more than 20 years ago! We moved away at different times and now live closer than we did back in the day!
Kim says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met in home room of high school freshman year. She was the new girl in school and she looked just like a friend of mine. I walked up and said “you look just like my friend Sarah, so I just know we are going to be best friends”. And we have been ever since. She just got diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at 29. She need all the prayers she can get, but I have to say chemo treatments are the strangest thing we’ve done together yet. Who would have thought we would be doing that together at our age?
Meghan says
BYOF me!
I met my bff in college – about 10 years ago. We are so open and non-judgementak of each other that I know I can say whatevers on my mind – nice or not – in her presence…..
Abby says
BYOF me!!
My BFF and I met in college. We currently live 8 hours away, but when when we get together, you never knew that time had passed since we had seen each other. :)
Schyler says
BYOF!
My BFF and I met at a sorority event. We DEFINITELY have a secret handshake, but we can’t claim it as ours alone. ;)
Jess says
BYOF ME!!
My bestie Noka and I met at our first real job out of college. We were the only people younger than 40 and immediately bonded. We’ve been friends from 8 years now and she truly is like a sister to me (which is great, because I have all brothers)! We have all kinds of inside phrases and jokes that still make us crack up after all these years.
Sharon says
BYOF ME! I know my bff since the 3rd grade. Since she lives in another state now, we normally catch up with each other on the phone when we’re both driving to and from work. With my bluetooth of course.