***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.
Michelle says
BYOF ME! My BFF is my husband. Cheesy but true!
Victoria M. says
BYOF me!
My best friend is my sister!
Hilary says
BYOF Me! My best friend is my sister!
hallie b says
byof me! my best friend is kassie- my across the street neighbor growing up! we have done all sorts of crazy and crafty things together and you signed a book for her from me at your signing in dallas!
Maria w. says
Boyf me!
I met my bff in college and we still are. There are so many inside jokes I can’t pick just one.
Emily F says
BYOF ME!
My husband is my best friend. We’ve known each other since high school and have been married for almost 6 years. :)
Carrie L says
BYOF ME!!
My BFF and I met more than 10 years ago now during taekwondo lessons. We still beat each up other a bit these days!
Tori says
BYOF Me! My bestie is named Althea, but her nickname is Allie-cat. We met in college and have been friends for going on 7 years. The craziest thing we’ve done together? We ran 4 half-marathons together in 2011/2012, completing the 4 seasons challenge. It was great!
Lindsay says
BYOF!
My bff and I met my senior year of college! We love to go our to eat and see chick flicks!
Juliet V. says
BYOF ME!
My BFF Daiana and I met in the 3rd grade. My mom basically forced me to befriend her since she had just moved to Miami from Argentina, I was hesitant, but I’m so glad I listened to my mom. We meet in school, and we’ve inseparable since. Most of our lives we lived a couple of blocks away from each other, and it’s been a real adjustment to live a whole city away now. We do a lot of weird things, but I think the weirdest thing we love doing together is going on random “adventures” together. Adventures are when we do things that we usually wouldn’t, for example, when we were younger we walked home from school (which was really far away) and we walked on the train tracks since it was the fastest way home. Then, a train came and almost squashed us! It was a lot of fun. Now a days, we like to drive around for hours looking for thrift shops. We have quite a few special nicknames, but the one closest to our hearts are “Titi” and “Tutu”, my youngest nephew gave us those nicknames when he was very little so it provides us with great memories. <3
Emily says
BYOF me! My BFF and I were in a swim club together, then junior high, high school and beyond…however, we rezlized about 5 years ago that we actually were in preschool together as well. She has multiple nicknames!
Katie says
BYOF me! My best friend is Mark, the other half of me and we’ve been together for about 17 years I think…most of that has been married.
Amanda says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I have known each other since middle school, but we actually weren’t friends until Sophomore year of high school. We were kind of enemies before that. There may have been a boy involved. Boys are stupid!
Emily says
BYOF! We met in college
Wendy says
BYOF ME! My best friend, Sarah and I have been friends for 20 years. We met the first week of middle school. Now our kids are best buddies even though we live in different states!
Sprite's Keeper says
BYOF me! My best friend and I met in kindergarten, lost touch when I moved at the end of 4th grade and then found each other again on the first day of high school. :-)
Kayla says
BYOF ME!
Julie says
BYOF ME!
My hubby is my best friend–I met him at church when I was away at graduate school and I knew pretty much right away that he was the one for me. It took him a few months to figure it out :).
Kat says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met through our husbands about 7 or 8 years ago (they’d met in a class). I started taking her workout class and we bonded. It’s pretty awesome to have a personal trainer as your BFF. :)
Amanda says
BYOF Me! My besties are a group of women I have known for about 12 years–met soon out of college. We “brunch” once a month, which is sometimes actual brunch, but much more often is getting together for cocktails, shopping (IKEA!), or just talking nonstop for a few hours. Fun times :-)
Tricia says
BYOF me!
My best friend (my husband) and I met in college – 9 years ago. :)
Lauren says
BYOF ME!! My bestie and I met in 4th grade and were made for eachother! We lived thousands of miles apart for the last 10 years but are still close and send daily texts.
Mary-clare.egan says
Byof me!!! My hubby is my bf!!
Sharon says
BYOF ME! My BFF is my hubby and we met at the Japan Society in New York back in 2009. We love cooking and “thrifting”, and recently found a nice vintage chair for just $5! Love it!
Meghan says
BFF ME!
For one of my close friends, we met in middle school… and did not like each other. It wasn’t until big, scary high school when we realized that we knew NO ONE and became friends out of necessity. And that – happily – manifested into a 16-year friendship, still going strong.
victoria says
BYOF ME! Mine is my sister…Best gift my mom ever gave me!
Andrea says
BYOF me! My best friend and I met in college, bonded over being Italian :)
Lauren Nicole says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I have been besties since kindergarten! We’re fast-approaching the 30-year mark on our friendship! Yowsa!
Andi @ Estella's Revenge says
“BYOF ME!”
My best friend actually worked for me as a professor of English in a college in TX. He slowly but surely became my bestie, and I intend to have him as my “man of honor” in my wedding (someday, still early planning stages). We like to hang out on the patio of a local pub with a frosty brew and a basket of fish and chips. And we talk on the phone more than is normal. :)
Stephanie says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is definitely my fiance. We met as interns at a software company and now we are inseparable.
Ruthanne says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF seven years ago in grad school when we tied in our student organization election for the “Social Chair” position. We decided to share the responsibilities and became “The Social Loveseat”. I’ve gotten married and moved to a different state since then and we don’t get to hang out as often as I’d like but I still think of her as my other half :)
Cassie says
BYOF Me!
My best friend and I have been best friends since she moved from CA to RI in 3rd grade- friends for 18 years! We don’t do anything weird together consistently, but we did go on a 15 year anniversary trip to Marco Island a few years ago to celebrate a decade and a half of fabulous friendship. I call her Honey Boo Boo….now that this is written out, we are pretty weird…
Bethany says
BYOF ME! My best friend is my Mr. he caught my eye with some sweet dance moves and attending a meeting (at college) in moose pajama pants.
Jess says
BYOF ME! I met my bestie in HS, she was lucky enough to move to my hometown and be my bff… haha!That was about 15 years ago and since we are old now and live 500 miles apart we like to text each other… crazy fun, right there!
MaryKate says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met when we were 4. We have been friends ever since!
Heather C says
BYOF ME!!!
I named my daughter after my best friend.
Ariel says
“BYOF ME!
I don’t currently have a best friend, though I have several close friends who help me and I tell my secrets too, but we don’t live at each other’s houses, or call each other constantly or anything like that. However my childhood best friend was my next door neighbor. Her parents thought at age 3 she was too young to play with me so we played house through the chain link fence. We were inseparable till age 11 when I moved away. We’ve kept in touch over the years and are facebook friends, but of course it’s not the same.
Courtney Hilker says
BYOF ME! He’s my dog – he knows all my secrets!
Danielle says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I met in 4th grade when I started a new school. Still going strong 16 years later.
Kat says
BYOF ME!!
We met randomly in high school and we’ve been best friends for 6 years now. We call each other Pookie and Cupcake as kind of a joke but also terms of endearment. We mostly like to cook and run together. Love her almost as much as YHL! ;)
SB says
BYOF ME! I met my BFF in high school (so long ago).
Laurie says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I have been friends for 42 years (since we were 10!), although we haven’t lived in the same state since we graduated high school. Our favorite thing to do when we get together is going to open houses to get decorating ideas, plus drool over the beautiful homes (kind of like house crashing)!
Ashley says
BYOF ME! My best friend and I met at a gym class for our sons when they were just around a year old. Now we text and talk all day long (and we love to get the boys together as much as possible, too!)
Sophia says
BYOF ME!
My bestie and I met in college. She lives far away now, though–sad!
logan says
BYOF ME!
One of my BFF’s I’ve known since Kindergarten! We don’t have any special handshakes or anything, but we always love getting together to craft and make things.
shell says
BYOF ME! my best friend is my cousin, we were neighbors all through our childhood…met and fell in love with two cousins, we both got married on the same date, a year appart, and now we are both pregnant at the same time!!! we live in different countries now, but when we see eachother its like we were never appart :)
Laura says
BYOF ME!
Cheesy I know, but my BFF is my husband. We started dating at 16 (half my life now!) and met in high school when a mutual friend set us up. We do pretty much everything together. We have a ton of inside jokes that make no sense to anyone, but the kids are starting to pick them up even though they don’t understand them so well.
Dayna says
BYOF Me! my Bff and I have been friends since the 1st grade – that’s 24 years – wow, now I feel old :)
Abby J. says
BYOF ME!
My husband is my BFF, even if he does ridicule my choice of TV shows and movies. Secretly, he watches some of it anyway!
Emma says
BYOF me!
I have always had good friends, and there are some ladies that I considered my best friends at certain times in my life, but it wasn’t until recently that I feel that I have really found a core group of females that I can truly call my best friends!