***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.
Alana says
BYOF ME!
Lindsay B says
BYOF me! My bestie of 20 years and I met on the playground in first grade. She claims I threw gravel at her, but it’s not true :)
Carmen W. says
My BFF is Angela. We met in the beginning of 9th grade and bonded over food (we both love to cook),boys and heartbreak. That was 18 years ago! We vowed as teenagers to watch all the amityville horror movies and made it through three before we had nightmares! Even though we are long distance now we still talk every morning that I work and she keeps me awake on my drive home.
Jessica says
BYOF me!!!!
my sister is my best friend. i suppose we met when my mom brought her home from the hospital. we shared a room growing up, so of course we were best friends and enemies for a lot of our childhood. but now that we live apart, it has just left us with the best friend part : )
Deirdre says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF on the first day of 7th grade. I had just moved to town and we bonded over our dorkiness (and braces). Here we are 17 years later and we’re still kinda dorky! Thanks for the chance to win.
jennT says
BYOF ME!!
heck yeah–I got a couple best besties! the Abbster is my favoritest girlfriend and the toby-mon is my favorite boyfriend! we met at ballet in 8th grade and at a bar in college, respectively.
abby and I have the weirdest, erm, “handshake.” as I said, we met in ballet, so we liked to (rather meanly) make fun of a few purgers. so we have puke buttons. so, yeah, it’s weird but it always makes me laugh. :) ps–we <3 ikea trips together so that's totally an apropos giveaway!
Sarah says
BYOF Me!
My BFF is my hubby! We met when he walked into my place of work and he’s the best human being I’ve ever met :)
Lauren says
BYOF me! I met my bff in 8th grade!
Jennifer says
“BYOF ME!” My bestie and I were roommates first. We both had a new job and had moved to a new city and mutual friends/co-workers suggested it! So glad it worked out.
susan says
BYOF ME. I LOVE Ikea………………!
Josie says
Byof me! My older sister is my best friend for life! We are more or less the same person. We write a blog together which means during most meals and at other random times at least one of us has our DSLR out snapping photos.
danielle says
byof me! =)
Cheri says
BYOF ME!
Abbie says
BYOF ME!
Lindsay says
BYOF ME!
We met at work, and bonded over realizing that we went to college together; and moreso realized I had drawn/sculpted her fiancee as a ‘life model’ in art class…….the fiancee didnt last but the friendship has.
Amanda M. says
BYOF ME!
My BFF lived two doors down from me for 9 years when I was little and we did everything together. Sticker clubs, stuffed animal clubs, all the nerdy stuff 8-10 year-old girls do. When I moved away (only 15 miles) we were pen pals and kept in touch that way (though a phone would have been sufficient). Now, 27 years later we are still best friends and though we don’t speak all the time we have made an effort to visit one another across the country. It usually ends up being for big life events like the birth of a child or a wedding, but it’s always fun to be together and we can pick up right where we left off. Isn’t that what BFFs are all about?
Mollie says
BYOF me! We met while running and talked for hours! Yes, we ran far that day :)
Sarah Tarleton says
BYOF ME! My best friend is also my cousin, Jessica. As legend goes, shortly after I was born she scooted over her one-year-old booty to where I was lying on the floor and proceeded to stick her finger up my nose. I laughed, she laughed, and we’ve been getting into golf cart crashes ever since!
Lisa P. says
“BYOF ME!”
I have known my best friend since seventh grade! We like to do anything together and always have a fun time. Nowadays, we love getting together with our children!
Melissa says
BYOF ME!! I would say my best friend is definitely my sista! Love her so much!! I think we appreciate each other much more that we’re older, for sure.
Katie says
BYOF ME!
My best girlfriends are mostly women I’ve connected with in our “adult” years. There are still some long-standing childhood friends I adore! But my most closest, best friend of all is my husband. :)
Mari says
Byof me! My buff is my twin sister :)
Gena says
BYOF ME! My BFF is my step-sister, who I met when I was 6 and she was 4 – 24 years ago. We call each other Charles.
Mari says
Byof me! My buff is my twin sister :)!
Andrea says
BYOF ME!
I met my bestie at school.
Laura says
BYOF ME!
Lauren Vanderburg says
BYOF ME! I looove ikea and I love my best friend! We both are buying our first houses within a month of each other, and we’d love to win some swag to decorate with! We’ve been friends since middle school when we started calling each other by our last names because we’re both named Lauren, and I’ve considered her my BFF since college. I’m now pregnant with my first baby and she wants to come stay and help and throw me a shower – more than any family has done. She is fantastic and this would be a huge blessing to both of us!
Jennifer says
BYOF me! :-) My best friend and I were college roommates. We barely knew each other before moving in together, but I needed a roommate and she needed a place to live, so we gave it a go. and we’ve been the best of friends ever since!
Victoria says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I didn’t have a choice in building our friendship. Our parents were besties themselves (and still are) almost 28 years ago now they met as newlyweds in a tiny little apartment complex in our hometown. My bestie now lives over seas with her husband in Germany and we love to Skype and talk about what girls talk about best… clothes, shoes, needing to exercise and of course funny husband moments. :) We call ourselves ‘ITB’ friends, which stands for ‘in the belly’ ;)
Sam G says
BYOF Me! I met my best friend back in High School. We actually knew eachother since jr. high, but didn’t become friends until my 16th birthday when another friend had made plans with us both and instead of canceling with one of us, we all went out together. From that day forward we were BFFs. That’s almost 25 years ago!
Felicita M. says
BYOF Me!!!
My best friend and I met in elementary school!
Kala says
BYOF ME!!!
Alannna Hunter says
BYOF me!!!
Amber says
BYOF ME!I met my very best friends in college
Won says
BYOF Me!
Courtney says
BYOF ME!
We met in college, and I’m sure when we hang out this weekend it will include snacking on sweets!
Elissa says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend in the 6th grade. We were paired up, with me as her new student “buddy” and we’ve been BFF ever since! We love to go to Ikea and see what we could find so this would be perfect!
Aaron says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is my wife- we met a concert in NYC, watching a band that no longer exists, at a club that no loner exists
Mara T. says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend in a class in college.
katherine says
BYOF me!
I met one of my best friends, Annie, when she started dating my co-worker, Juan. We were in each others weddings and hang out with them at least once a month. We went to the YHL book tour in NYC last month!
Amy Block says
BYOF Me!!!
I met my best friend 27 years ago in first grade. We’ve been through graduations, weddings, births of babies..she is the best.
Nichole says
BYOF ME!
jackie says
BYOF ME!!!
We have been best friends for 6 years and even when we dont talk for a week or two we pick right up where we left off.
Sarah says
BYOF ME! My closest “friend” is my boyfriend, but my girl bestie is actually one of my roommates. Long before we were friends in middle school and high school, she and I met on the youth soccer field…playing against each other. She always played defense, I tended to play offense. Our competitive history didn’t stand in the way of our friendship — almost 15 years later, we’re still buds!
Jenna says
BYOF ME!!!!
Mary says
BYOF me!!! I am lucky to work with my BFF. We have a secret handshake accompanied with a sound like a buzzer. I don’t even remember how that got started! Go figure!
Sarah E says
BYOF ME! We became BFFs in third grade, were college roommates and will eventually be old ladies together!
erika h. says
byof me! could it be fate or ironic that me and my bestie have plans to go to ikea? i think so! i’m in ky and she’s in cinci so its going to be a great girls trip! been besties since college, around 1995 so pretty much a lifetime to us :)
April says
BYOF me!
sydney says
My BFF4EaE (for ever and ever- reverting back to grade school) and I met our freshmen year of college on Bid Day. We joined the same sorority and instantly became friends. This was nine years ago and I’m fortunate she only lives an hour away now and we see each other all the time. We don’t really have nicknames for each other, just A LOT of inside jokes and stories. She knows me better than anyone.