***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.
Ethne @ Wom-Mom says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is Lori – we came together to your MPLS book signing. We write a blog together. We talk on the phone constantly. Love her! We cheered together in high school. Our kids call us Aunt Lori and Aunt Ethne which is probably the best nickname of all.
T says
BYOF Me!!
My BFF and I met while at music camp when we were 10. We still play music together now!
Crystal S says
Byof Me!! My BFF is my little sister- so needless to say, we go waaaay back!
stephieZ says
“BYOF ME!”
My bff and I met our Freshman year of college. We were both on the equestrian team.
Liz k says
Byof me!
Jacqui says
BYOF ME! I’d probably consider my fiance my best friend.
Katie K says
BYOF ME! My best friend is my husband as corny as that sounds. I have other BFFs, but he’s the BFFiest! :D
Nikkidd says
BYOF me!
My BFF in high school was like the opposite half of me. She passed away suddenly a couple of years ago, but I still remember dressing up as twins for Halloween and spending countless hours together over the summer. Even though we had drifted apart a bit over college, I still miss the fact that I can’t pick up the phone and call her to see how things are going and catch up on her life.
Veronica S says
BYOF ME!!
My BFF and I went to opposing grade schools and pretty much hated each other growing up. Once we started high school together, we became attached at the hip and still are!
Jessica F. says
BYOF ME!
I meet my BFF in 1996. She showed up to the lunch room one day with my other friend who I already knew. We liked each other at first but weren’t that close until much later in life. Now we’re inseparable and text daily, if not hourly!
Jessica says
BYOF me! My best friend gave me life. My mom is just the best and she and I are actually RSVP’d for the Ikea event. Can’t wait!
Amanda says
BYOF ME! My husband is my best friend…but I think I can take along my second best friend to Ikea :) He doesn’t enjoy that trip too much.
Jill says
BYOF ME!!! I met my best friend in elementary school and we started out as “frenemies” but soon became true friends. We’ve done everything together and continue to see each other very often despite a bit of a distance between us.
Gretchen says
BYOF me!!!
My best friend just happens to be my twin sister. We have something better than hand shakes or nicknames, that’s right, we have twin powers! Unfortunately that doesn’t mean we can feel each others physical pain or wake up and become our other twin (yes we have been asked that) but we are blessed to have a best friend and sister who we have literally gone through everything with.
Heather B. says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I like to do DIY art projects- many inspired by YHL!
Danielle Pitt says
BYOF me! I met my best friend in the first grade but we didn’t become besties until fifth grade.
Sarah says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I have been friends for years, and even though we are far away we are always close at heart :)
Charlie says
BYOF ME!
Dylan L. says
BYOF ME!
We met in high school!
Kristin says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I met in law school and have been friends for going on ten years. She recently moved out of state but we send each other pictures of our home “projects” all of the time!
tracy says
BYOF ME!
my bestie and I have known each other for about 15 years – love her to death – we are total opposites, but it works! And I do have a nickname – she calls me bean pole cole – I call her squeaky :-)
Jessica Volpacchio says
BYOF ME!
Me and my BFF met working at a bookstore years ago. We have both moved on from the bookstore but have stayed the closest of friends. I guess we didn’t really move that far -now we’re both librarians haha!
Selena says
BYOF ME!
I have a few best friends! One of them is my husband. I just love hanging out with him. We met at the gym after we both asked a mutual friend about the other.
Andrea says
BYOF ME!
Met my BFF in 6th grade and we’ve pretty much been inseparable ever since!
Jessica says
BYOF me! I met my best friend in high school and we still keep in touch! Not as often since we both have kids though.
Lori Lou says
BYOF ME!
I met my best friend through my husband’s best friend. She lives a little ways away but we talk almost everyday on the phone! And she is hilarious.
Lisa says
BYOF me!
Law school, we sat next to each other. She has pretty olive skin while I’m fair with freckles but because our face shape is so similar people mix up our names constantly to this day.
Desiree says
BYOF Me!!!
My BFF (other than the one I married) and I met at church 5 years ago. I swear we bonded because we are so much like each other’s spouse. I tend to be a bit OCD like her husband, and she’s carefree and whimsical like mine.
Christina R says
BYOF me!! My BF is Ana, we met in college & have been friends for over 10 years. We both LOVE Ikea so this is perfect!
Kendra says
BYOF ME! We met at a mutual friends birthday party and now we’re inseparable.
emili says
BYOF ME!! She lived across the street when I moved to a new place when we were 5.
thelady says
BYOF ME
met my best friend as part of an extracurricular college prep program for teens
Amanda W. says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is actually my mom! It’s her birthday today, and she loves IKEA too, so if I win this I’m totally sharing with her!
Jennie says
BYOF me!
My best friend and I met as roomates our first year in college, and we have been best friends ever since, despite living thousands of miles away from each other now.
Sarah says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I have been best friends since freshman year in highschool!
Tracy K says
BOYF ME!
I met my bestie 9 yrs ago at a playgroup for one of my sons. I have 3 boys, she has 3 girls. Don’t know what I’d do without her!!!
Karen says
BYOF ME! My best friend and I met in high school and can make each other laugh like no one else!!
Katie Young says
BYOF me!
I met my best friend in pre-school and, even though we haven’t lived in the same city since the age of 5, we (and our families) have stayed close friends ever since. When I first came home from preschool talking about her, my parents thought it was an imaginary friend! Now, 30 years later, we are having our first kids (both baby boys) within a month of each other. (And an Ikea gift card would be so helpful in setting up the nursery!)
Jennifer says
BYOF ME!!!!!!
My BFF Jessica and I met in 6th grade (about 26 years ago now – EEEEEKKKK!!!). I knew we were destined to be friends because we both had the most awesome denim boots ever that featured what basically looked like the back pockets of jeans. With me being a Jennifer and her being a Jessica, we got called each other’s names a lot so we decided to blend – my nickname is Jennica and hers is Jessifer.
Kim D says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I have been friends for three decades! We met in 6th grade and have been close ever since.
Kim says
BYOF ME! My bestie and I went to the same middle school, high school, college, and now we not only live in the same city, we’re in the same apartment building!
Angie M says
BYOF ME!!!! My BFF and I will be celebrating 30 years of togetherness this fall….since we were in 5th grade. She hasn’t been just a ‘friend’ in years, but a sister.
Kimberly says
BYOF ME!
we met in the womb…my bestie is my twin sister.
Kate says
BYOF ME!!
My best friend and I have known each other since we were 4! One weird thing .. when we get together we make sure to sing “aaron’s party” by aaron carter to start out the night.
Tami o says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I met 3 years ago! I used to watch her little girls and our friendship grew from that. Weird things we like to do? Um, we really love reliving our late 80s early 90s childhood:) we find stuff, like nkotb memorabilia at thrift stores and give it to each,other!
angelina says
BYOF me!
our parents were acquaintances and we solidified our friendship at 10 and 8 by giving each other insults as nicknames:P
Amy says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I met in college as random roommates. It was dork friendship at first sight! One thing, that is kind of embarrassing, but we both enjoy, is eating Dijornio pizzas and watching Twilight (the first movie). When it first came out on DVD, we watched it every Sunday night for like 3 months.
Megan says
BYOF ME!!
I met my BFF, my hubby, in college.
jessica says
BYOF Me!
My BFF and I have known each other since 6th grade. We’ve been through everything, but the trauma of having “Leaving on a Jet Plane” stuck in our heads non stop for 2 years straight, solidified our friendship.
Angela K says
BYOF ME!!
I met my best friends due to our husbands being in the Navy together. We met just before a deployment and helped each other through the lonely months, cementing a fabulous friendship that is still going strong even though we have now been separated for years!