***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.
Erica says
BYOF me!!! My best friend and I met it second grade, though didn’t become besties til our senior year when we shared five of six classes.
Lisa F says
BYOF ME! My best friend & I have known each other since 1st grade. We haven’t lived in the same town for almost 20 years (!) but thankfully get to see each other a couple times of year for fun & adventures.
Nicole says
BYOF! Let’s see, my current bestie and I met at work. We call each other “work hubs” because our personalities are so much like the other person’s husband! Which sounds weird, but we both have pretty different personalities from our own husbands but get along really well, and we complement each other as well. And of course our husbands are besties as well :)
We are moving this week! I would be so happy to win this!
Johanna says
BYOF me!!!
My BFF is my sister… Raised in a family with 7 kids, my sis and I were the only girls! Love my sis… We always have the best time no matter what we are doing :)
Matt says
BYOF ME!
Heather says
BYOF Me! Hadley is my long-term bestie…we met in the airport in Chicago on a layover…fluke if I ever knew one!
Tiffany says
BYOF ME ;)
My BFF is my husband (some may say that doesn’t count). We met through mutual friends at a bowling alley. He doesn’t have an eye for style, if its part of a collection of furniture, he’ll take it. So we bond over my sketches. I tell him about my vision, he ponders, and I respond with “I’ll just sketch it up for you to see”. =)
Gina says
BYOF me! We met one Labor Day weekend at college – everyone else had one home for break and we were the only ones around. We spent the weekend hitting up events and art fairs around town and have been friends ever since!
Anna says
BYOF ME!
My bff and I met in 4th grade, so we’ve been friends for 20 years now!
Haley J. says
My BFF is my husband. We met at work! We have a lot of weird things we do together, basically involving making up stories and personalities for everything and everyone around us – including our daughter and cats.
Jessica says
BYOF ME!
Doesn’t it bug you when someone refers to everyone they know as being their BFF? Since when did Best apply to so many?
Sandy A says
“BYOF ME” Hands down my husband. We have been together for MANY years–since we were sixteen–and we have so much fun just doing anything together. It sounds corny I know–but I don’t just love him–I like him…
Rebecca says
BYOF me!
My BFF is my husband! Met in college.
Holly says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend at church when we were ten. 15 years later and through many ups and down we are closer than ever. We always say that we taught each other how to be married since we had to persevere so much in our relationship. haha love that lady!
Christie says
BYOF ME!!! My best friend and I have known each other since we were two… now that we’re far apart we still stay close at heart! :)
Lynn says
BYOF me!
We met in high school!
Katelyn says
BYOF ME!
M.C.@ ThousandStoryKitchen says
BYOF moi!
My hubbie is my bestie, and he taught me EVERYTHING I need to know about backpacking in the woods…including using the bathroom…so that’s kinda weird.
*crickets chirp*
Alisa says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met in junior high 20 years ago! We went to high school and college together. I was her Maid of Honor and she was my Matron of Honor. We’ve been through so much together! She’s like a sister to me.
Amy S says
BYOF ME!
Her name is Julie – but she is Jules Asner to me :)
michele says
BYOF ME! my bestie and i met in college. she calls me “meesh” and i call her “rach” (rachel.) in college we were in an 8 AM Shakespeare class together, which we would stagger to in pjs/glasses/ponytails 4 days a week. that look inspired our other joking nickname for each other: “twins in beauty.” :)
we were also together in the front row of your Tacoma book tor stop (hi rach!)
Lori says
BYOF Me!
I met my BFF freshman year of college, back in September 1992. After graduation, I lived in DC and she lived in New England. Every time she came to visit she had the same request. Ikea and Ethiopian food. She always flew home with a suitcase of Ikea goods. I even recall her checking an ottoman as her luggage once.
Alysia says
Byof me, please. We met in college. Almost 12 years…
gina b. says
BYOF ME!!
My bestie and I like to vacation together each year traveling to baseball stadiums around the country. A great way to experience America!!
chuma says
BYOF me!
Grace C. says
BYOF ME!!!
I’ve got two close gfs, and we’re like the 3 musketeers! They’re both renovating their apartments right now so this would be perfect! I just love IKEA.
g lo says
BYOF me!
Sarah says
Byof me! :)
Sarah says
Forgot the BFF part. Definitely the hubs. He’s the best…and we are fixing up our house right now so the gift cards would be awesome!
Azar says
BYOF ME!
Mandy M says
BYOF ME!
I met my bestie in 6th grade!! We’ve been friends for over half our lives now! We live 4.5 hours away from each other now but we still talk all the time through calls/texts/Facebook.
Jessjdycus says
BYOF me!
Ive known my bestie since 7th grade. We are now in our 30’s!! The nicknames cannot be revealed…;)
Brianna says
Byof me!
My best friend and I met in junior high, we used to stay up late saying “last word” until we’d be whispering it hoping one of us wouldn’t hear it so we could get the last word, we’re nerds lol
Brita says
BYOF ME!
My best friend I knew all through high school, but we never really talked that much, we were almost more of acquaintances. Then we ended up going on a school trip to England and France where we totes bonded. I don’t remember an exact moment, but it was very strange to suddenly have a best friend so late in life! She is a grad student now and could definitely use some IKEA love in her house!
Jamie says
BYOF me, please! I met my BFF at gymnastics when I was 8 :)
Sam says
Byof me!
My best friend is my wife we met through high school theatre class, the weirdest thing we do is try to pick each others noses all of the time.
Michelle B says
BYOF Me!!!
Jenna says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I met in 3rd grade, we started off not liking each other much because we fought over a mutual friend haha. That mutual friend ended up moving away and the rest is history, we ended up liking each other after all :)
kathryn says
BYOF ME!
Katie says
BYOF me!! I met my best friends in high school!We often enjoy doing the same things together…like walking through Ikea and grabbing an ice cream on the way out.
Nicole says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is one of my oldest friends. We’ve been hanging out for almost 15 years. We first met while working at summer camp, and kept in touch even when she moved to the other side of the country to go to one of the best hair academys around. She and I get together and knit, and “pretend to watch” chick flicks. At one point, we were “watching” a season or two of dancing with the stars while knitting.
Christie says
BYOF ME!!!
My BFF and I met when we were in Jr. High, in the 7th grade. We’re both going to turn 30 this year – but since meeting, we’ve also been roommates in college for 3 years, any hour of the day buddies, lived across the world from each other for 4 years, & I am so so so blessed by her!
niksoap says
BYOF ME!
My bff is planning my bachelorette party and I’m planning her wall colors in her new house!
Kei says
BYOF ME!
We met in college. First impressions: me walking into our dorm room with bags of groceries and backpack sweat stains on my gray shirt… her spraying the room with lysol…
Ram p. says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met in middle school.
Kismet says
Byof me, please
I don’t have a best friend but I do have two sisters!
Jennifer says
BYOF Me!! I have had a “best friend” in each of the chapters of my life. In school days, we chose to babysit way too many kids together. In college, we wrote doctrinal statements surrounded by crazy piles of books. In my first job, my bff & I traveled around South America.
alma says
Byof me!
My bff met in 2nd grade waiting for the bus. We’ve done lots of weird things…dying our hair with koolaid comes to mind…no nicknames or handshakes but definitely our own language where we know what each other is thinking without saying it.
Julie says
BYOF ME!!!!
Clarisa B says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I first met in kinder then she went to another school, but fate intervened and we met again on 5th grade and have been friends ever since!
Stephanie says
I met my best friend Carolyne our sophomore year of high school. We’ve been best friends for over eight years. We pull april fool jokes all year round! :)