***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.
Marsha D. says
BYOF ME!!!
My BBF is the source of all my confidence and courage. I couldn’t ask for a better bestie!
Amy says
BYOF ME! I’ve known my BFF since 7th grade. We came from different elementary schools to the same middle school. We hit it off immediately and have been best friends ever since! Love her!
Kasey says
BYOF Me. My best friend lives in Canada and we met playing soccer in college. She is the funniest person I have ever met and does it without trying!
crystal says
BYOB ME my bestie is my husband nickname husband. We met at 7-11 ( so romantic). his secet handshake is pull my finger… sometimes I will just for fun. pobablt TMI but u asked
Jan says
BYOF Me!
My husband is now my BF- though to keep that status I will NOT make him put together IKEA furniture- thats how much I love him.
Beth says
BYOF me! What a great giveaway…and I love any chance to talk about my BFF, who also doubles as my sister. We’re opposites in almost every way but have been BFFs for life (except that one year when I hit puberty and became horrible to everyone…she still teases me about that). Now that we’re both in our 30s we have more in common, including a love of wandering the aisles of IKEA daydreaming.
Katherine says
BYOF me!
My best friend is my big sister! She just gets me and I get her. We have sister telepathy which means we never get to play on the same team in Charades. :-)
Katy says
BYOF ME!!!
My BFF and I are both named Katie, but she lives far away so my local friends think I’m crazy when I say things like, “Katie was really upset earlier today…”
Kasey says
BYOF Me. I have known my BFF since I was 2 years old. She and I can go long period of times without chatting and it is just like we have never missed a day.
Caitlin says
BYOF me! met my sweet friend taylor in college and now my little girl is named after her!
Kara Monk says
BYOF Me!!
My best friend and I are roommates in college. She is awesome and we both love ikea!
Jonna Gallo says
BYOF! I met my best friend at sleepaway camp in 1984.
Alie says
BYOF Me!
I’m an Ikea Lover! and my Bestie introduced me to them! Bestie and I met 11 ago when our army husbands were stationed together. It’s been a bumpy road but we stick together, no matter how far apart we live!
It would be a fun day Ikea shopping with her!
~~Alie
M says
BYOF ME!
My hubby…we net in college.
Kris says
BYOF ME!
Susan Wilson says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I are coworkers, so we enjoy a lot of quality time both on and off the job.
Elizabeth says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I met right after college at our first job. We have been inseperable since. We joke that we are sisters from different moms as we are eerily similar in everything we do and like!
Cara says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I went to the same elementary school, high school, college and then we worked together for a little bit. We have stupid personal jokes that we’ve had for so long, we can’t even remember how they started. Ex: “My chicken fat grew up on Cranston st.” WTF does that mean?? Anywho, she just bought a house so this would be an awesome thing to win. :D
gabrielle says
BYOF Me!
My partner for life is my best friend! He makes me laugh all the time, is tons of fun to be around, and is always on the hunt for a good deal (which will come in handy while hunting for treasures at Ikea).
Allison says
BYOF me!!
My best friend is my husband- we met 5 years ago this November on a blind date:). Love the giveaway! Thank you!!
Briana says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is Sarah — we first met freshman year in highschool in an art class, back in the day when she thought camo and over-sized pants were awesome, and I felt tinnnny eyebrows were what needed to be on my face. Since then we’ve gone to high school together, then college, we’ve lived together twice, I’ve been there for her getting married and having two beautiful kids, and this fall she’ll be my maid of honor. I don’t know what I’d do without her!
Angie says
BYOF ME! My BFF is my brother. We became BFFs just about the time we moved out of our parents’ house (we were mortal enemies before that).
JillH says
BYOF Me! My siblings are my BFFs!
Darbi says
BYOF me!!! We were college sorority sisters!
Whitney says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF when I moved to a new city at age 9. 20 years later, she’s still in my life :)
Jen says
BYOF me! We met at work in college and bonded over guitar hero :)
Beth says
BYOF Me! My BFFs are my husband and our friend from high school (yes, my husband and I have known each other since we were teenagers).
CarrieK says
BYOF ME!
We met at our fist job out of college (1998), lived together for 5 years and have too many funny sayings/stories/nicknames to count!
Kendra says
BYOF ME!!!
Melinda says
BYOF ME!!!!! This is the Best. Prize. Ever.
Wendy @ New Moms Talk says
BYOF ME!
Leslie says
BYOF ME! I met my BFF (My hubby) at church!
Kim P. says
BYOF me!!!!!
My BFF and I met at church, but really became close friends on a trip to Boston and New York.
Chelsea says
BYOF ME!
My bestie & I met junior year of college in one of our design classes. Haha, as for our weird thing we do together, we have this ridiculous “dance” (if it can be called that)… involves prancing like a deer, making a goat noise, impersonating a vulture… the list goes on. And we’re usually laughing to hard to begin with to do that. We get kind of loud and obnoxious but I loves her! :)
Carrie @ DreamGreenDIY says
“BYOF ME!”
My BFF and I met in high school and have been glued to the hip ever since. She’s my rough and tumble, live-on-the-edge alter ego, while I’m her girlie, pink-and-glitter antithesis. Combined, we’re the perfect balance of what a happy, creative girl can be!
stacie says
BYOF ME!!!
My BFF and i met playing golf 4 years ago. We LOVE YHL and are always calling each other at work to discuss the daily posts and to see how we can incorporate your ideas into our homes:)
Bonnie @ the pin junkie says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I met while our children were at the same elementary school.
Kathy says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I grew up together . She recently moved to NYC so we don’t see each other much. Thank god for texts and FaceTime :)
Meagan says
BYOF ME!
Amy says
BYOF ME! I have three and we met through my high school boyfriend, love them and we all have babies under 6 months so shopping would be great!
Jennifer says
BYOF ME!!!
My bff is far away, but we still try and stay connected!!
Jillian H says
BYOF ME! My best friend and I met when we were freshman in high school through both being on the cheerleading team which was over 15 years ago! We are besties because we know and understand each other so well and love being absolutely silly and goofy together :)
CER says
BYOF ME!!!
We met in 7th grade english on the first day of school and have been bffs since!
Diane says
BYOF ME!!
Jhoanna says
BYOF ME
We met in college, she lived 2 doors down in the dorms.
Teresa says
BYOF ME! We met in college as roomies 5 years ago. We have the same manner of speaking and sense of humor so we can pretty much finish each other’s sentences.
Rhee says
“BYOF ME” My BFF is my husband, and yes we have a secret handshake, he would do a special handshake when he would see his boys (like on the State Farm commercial) and I felt left out, so we came up with one of our own, we even did it on our wedding day after the kiss!
Aimee C. says
BYOF ME! My BFF is definitely my husband and we met in college.
Sarah K. says
BYOF ME!
Sara says
BYOF me! I have a few best friends, lucky girl!