***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.
Katie T. says
BYOF me! My BFF is my sister… so I have always known her. She’s a riot and her birthday is coming up… I know she would love a $100 IKEA gift card! Hoot!
Brie says
BYOF me! MY BFF and I met at a family party.
Chantille Chambers says
BYOF Me!! My Bff and I met in the second grade and have been friends through thick and thin! We have so many goofy stories together. ;)
Kellie R. says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF when I was three. We’ve been close for 24 years now! Even though our lives have spread us 1500 miles apart, it’s like we’ve never been apart when we get together. I love watching our kids play together now.
sheila k. says
BYOF me!
Christina C. says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I met in Pre-K, believe it or not, and we spend most of our time together drawing. We have Viking hero alter-egos that show up from time to time in those drawings. Always doing heroic things, of course.
Mandy says
“BYOF ME”
I met my best friend when we lived across the hall from each other in college. After we became friends we realized that we discovered that our grandmas are best friends! They were in each other’s weddings many years ago. I knew her grandma, she knew mine, but we had never met each other until then! Now we’ve been through weddings together and perhaps our kids will too.
Amanda S. says
BYOF Me! Gosh, I have a few besties. My oldest I’ve known since our mommas were pregnant at the same time. :)
Amanda says
BYOF me!
My BFF is my sister – she’s 10 years older than me but we are so incredibly close and we’re so alike that it’s a little bit scary sometimes.
Samantha says
BYOF me! My sweet husband is my best friend. Makes me laugh and inspires me :)
Kelly says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is my husband. We met working for our college newspaper.
Jayme says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is my husband. We were the same major in college and ended up together after 4 years of having almost every class together. Now we do DIY projects together…or at least, I start them, he finishes them :)
K says
BYOF me! I met my BFF in high school. She lived with my family for a couple of years. We live in different states now but still talk nearly every day.
Marie Parish says
BYOF me!!! My best friends and I have been friends since high school. And we still feel like teenagers when we get together!
Emily B says
BYOF ME! My bestie and I met when we were assigned to be roommates in college almost ten years ago. We lived together for the next 6 years and she’s still my BFF even though we now live halfway across the country from each other.
Holly S says
BYOF me!! :D My BFF and I met at Starbucks. I was working with her boyfriend then we started hanging out! Still friends 9 years later
Kaydee says
BYOF ME!
Tiffany says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met in 5th grade (a long time ago) during one of those get to know your classmates worksheet things. We both liked the same somewhat obscure Christian artist. And we have been best friends ever since! LHLS (love her like a sister)
NIcole says
BYOF ME!! I have to say my hubs is my BFF. He is the best! We are super nerds when it comes to inside jokes, but I love that he gets me when no one else knows what the heck is so funny!! And we love IKEA;)!
Wendy B. says
“BYOF me!”
I married my best friend!
Megan Eagan says
BYOF ME My best friend and I met in preschool, were roomates in college, and have since moved back to our home town and started families…we go way back!
alyssa says
“BYOF ME!”
michelle says
BYOF ME!
My best friend was my next door neighbor as a child.
Marci says
Bring your own friend me!
carole says
byof me
Trish T. says
BYOF ME!
My BFF was one of my LTE direct reports at work…best hiring decision I ever made! We became friends after she was hired.
Kelly says
BYOF ME!
My bff is my hubby, but you probably don’t want to hear about that. My bff that is not my husband and I met in high school in a computer graphics class and we have been bonding over good design, decorating, and lovely things ever since. It’s been almost 10 years!
Susan says
BYOF ME!!
My BFF and I met our freshman year of high school in band class. We’ve been through lots together and even though we don’t see each other as often as we’d like, we always have a great time!
Heather says
byof me!!
my best friend is my college roommate
Browncoat says
BYOF me! My best friend is my husband – corny but true. Our kids actually learned to walk at Ikea, we love it there!!
Mackenzie says
BYOF ME!!
My husband is my best friend. We met in high school and have known each other for 15 years and married for 6. And the weirdest thing we like doing together is watching terrible movies. =-)
Mandy says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is a girl I met at a part time job 7 yrs ago – we love to hang out in coffee shops and play card games (phase 10) together. And reading. Hooray nerds!
Aw says
Byof me!
Beth says
My BFF is hands down the hubs. Such a great companion :) I also have several fantabulous girl BFFs that would chomp at the bits for some Ikea love!
Holly says
BYOF ME! My husband is my best friend and we were set up by my 11 year old next door neighbor who thought we were a lot alike. The 11 year old’s parents agreed and arranged a cookout for us to meet.
Carolyn says
BYOF Me!
Bee says
BYOF me! College!
Kim says
BYOF ME!
i met my BFF in 9th grade! Hard to believe we’ve been friends for so long. Even though we live in different states, when we get together, it is like n time has passed at all!
nancy says
BYOF ME! We met in 6th grade when we played volleyball together. We totally bond over YHL! I was soooo disappointed that I couldn’t go with her to your book signing in Houston because I was out of the country. She took my book and my ceramic owl and had yall sign it for me! And she immediately sent me a detailed email about the whole experience. She’s the best!
Ann says
BYOF me!
I’m gonna give my BFF title to my husband, since he will be BYOFing with me next weekend at IKEA. We met at a party in college. :)
Barbara says
BYOF ME!! BFF is husband.
Erin S. says
BYOF ME! Does my husband count? We met in our first class on the first day of college in a class neither of us meant to register for!
Kimberj says
BYOF ME :)
I am an extremely fortunate woman. I have at least 8 woman that qualify as besties. They are pretty much all from different facets or interests of my life. Girlfriends are truly lifesavers and I hope my daughter is as lucky as I am. I met one of my BFFs on the first day of kindergarten. We were thick as thieves for years. We ended up on slightly different life paths and have both lived all over the country but reconnected several years ago. I am so incredibly glad to have her back in my life.
She would definitely get one of the Ikea cards. We’re both currently trying to furnish sewing studios and Ikea would be a great fit. The other one… I’ll have to think, hmmmmmmmm.
Bethany L. says
BYOF me!
Best friend (since college)- we got really loopy late one night at Kinkos (copying a report or something) and we thought it was a brilliant idea to photocopy our faces together. I found them the other day and they are still hilarious.
Sumati says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met at roller derby practice! We’ve been friends for about 5 years.
Allison says
BYOF me! My best friend and I met in junior high and share the same birthday. We love eating pizza together and taking lots of pictures together.
britt says
Byof me!
I need some IKEA in my life right now.
Amy says
BYOF me!
I met my BFF in first grade and then later re-connected at summer band camp after 6th grade. That was like 25 years ago. Gawd.
Danielle says
BYf! My best friend is getting married very soon and I am so thrilled for her.
Amanda says
BYOF ME!!!!
My sweet husband is my best friend. We met through mutual friends and have been inseparable ever since. We bond over Downton Abbey, decorating our new home, and Mexican food.