***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.
Lauren says
My best friend is my husband :)
We met while I was in college, he was friends with my roommate, and we have tons of inside jokes together :) I often say that if people could be flies on the wall, they would think we were INSANE!
Sonja says
BYOF me! My best friend and I met in high school and have since traveled around the world together.
Julie says
BYOF ME! My hubby is my best friend:)
Joanna says
BYOF ME!
My BFF loves Ikea!
Kelly says
BYOF Me!
I met my best friend in first grade – we overcame some poor first impressions and immature immediate dislike of each other during an exciting game of bounce-the-red-ball-back-and-forth, and now here we are – 20 years later, with her about to stand up as my maid of honor! We’re so lucky!
Laura Layton says
BYOF ME! My best friend, also named Laura, and I met in kindergarten, where we fought over whose name was Laura. We made up and have been friends for over twenty years!
Madison says
BYOF Me! My bestie’s name is Lindsey. We met in college and soon discovered we were made to be friends forrrrreeeeevvvvvvvveeeeeerrrrrrrrrr.
Juliana says
BYOF ME!
We met in college 12 years ago and even if we now live very far from each other we are still BFFs.
elyss says
BYOF ME! My bestie is my fiance! We met in high school. I might just be able to talk him into buying the hemnes bedroom set if we get this :)
Tasha says
BYOF me! My bff and I have been friends for over ten years. Her nickname is Waffle Butt and we always make nachos to eat while we watch trashy movies. Tomb Raider all the way!
Heather M. says
BYOF ME!!! My lifelong bestie is my sister. Though we live far away from each other, we couldn’t be closer.
Ava says
BYOF ME!
Found my bff in my husband, I’m one lucky lady!
Allison L says
BYOF ME, please! :)
I’ve know my BFF since 7th grade. And she’s such a good bff, she even came with me to meet you guys in Palo Alto because I was too shy to go by myself ;)
Daniel says
BYOF ME!
My wife is my best friend. We like to say “Who my best friend?” “You my best friend!”
[email protected] says
“BYOF ME!”
MY BFF met at work over 12 years ago.
Renee says
BYOF Me!!!
My BFF and I met in high school! We’ve been each other’s maid of honor and stayed close despite not living close to one another!
Dan says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF while watching Shaun of the Dead with friends, but she’ll tell you a different story.
Cecilia Lodge says
BYOF me! My best friend and I met in high school and have been inseparable since… we actually get mistaken for sisters very often! We call each other “wid”… it sprouted from ‘little’-‘widdle’-‘widda’-‘wid’. Haha!
Tori says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I met in shared misery as graduate students. Mostly we like to eat together. We also run together, so that we can eat more!
Brenda says
BYOF ME!!
Well….it’s kind of a funny story, how we met. In high school, people would mix up this girl and myself all the time because we looked exactly alike. Teachers and classmates would say that they had my “twin sister” in a different class, and I would have to explain that I didn’t have a twin. We finally ended up meeting in a class Junior year, and we’ve been best friends ever since.
Eileen says
BYOF ME!
My bff and I have been friends for 36 years! We have the same name and call each other Beener. She has been there for me for most of my life – and I hope we have at least as much time together ahead of us!
Rachel says
BYOF!
I met my best friend Katie in volleyball the first day of high school. We bonded over being the worst people on the team.
Ann says
BYOF Me! Met my best friend (my husband) in college – married for 20 years now!
Beth says
BYOF ME!!!
My bestie and I like to make up our own words to various songs. The subject of said songs depends on what the situation is but they are usually hilarious…at least they are to us! We used to work together and we shared an office for 2.5 seconds until our boss decided we were having too much fun!
Nem says
BYOF ME! I am married to my bestie. We meet when when I was 14 and he was 16, that means besties for 12 wonderful years (married 4 of them)!
We love to to travel.. and I love to drag him to Ikea! Once we went 4 weekends in a row.. now that’s a true bestie!:)
Lauren says
BYOF ME! My bestie is my sister – love her to pieces! We’re only 15 months apart and are very close (Skype almost every day!) even though she now lives in Australia. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Rebecca says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is now my husband!
Cara Hernandez says
BYOF ME!!!!
My bff and I have been BFFs for a while now. We met when our respective high school BFFs became BFFs so we just gravitated toward eachother and have remained close even though we’ve lost touch with the original BFFs. (I think my B and F keys are wearing out..)
We love hanging out and doing nothing, shopping, obsessing over home redecorating, planning trips and painting our nails. Our biggest love are our dogs and we can be overly-obsessed to eachother without feeling judged :) in line with our love for redecorating and rearranging, Ikea gift cards are perfect!
Kelly says
BYOF me!!!!
I met my BFF in kindergarten… We are now 30! We have done everything together! We called each other “shanana” and definitely had an awesome handshake (which I bet we could still do!) She is a forever friend and I truly cherish our relationship… Even though we live 3 hours apart now!
Jessi says
BYOF ME!!
My best friend is my sister…so i’ve known her since she came home from the hospital…but I always wonder how I won the sibling lottery!
Caitlin says
BYOF me! My BFF and I met the first week of college!
Catherine says
BYOF ME!
My best friend (apart from my hubby) is someone I met at a ballroom dancing class 25 years ago (holy moly, didn’t realise it was that long!!!). He and I became fast friends because we have a similar sarcastic sense of humour. We have lots in common (including a love of DIY) and have remained great friends all this time. He was my husband’s best man at our wedding too.
Kristin says
BYOF ME!
Ashley N. says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is Katie, or as I affectionately call her by her initials, KP (though since her marriage- it’s no longer P!)
Best buds since we were 15 and going strong. We’re fun because we don’t even have to use words to have a full conversation- we have our own “language” with weird sounds!
Bethany says
BYOF Me!
I’ve had a lot of great friends over the years! The friend I’m closest to right now and I met a few years ago at work, and we share a love of decorating and science. And the science of decorating, ha.
Amy says
BYOF ME! My bestie is my husband!
Katie T. says
BYOF ME!
My bestie is Tracie and we have been best friends since freshman year of college (almost 7 years!).
Erin P says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I lived next door to each other in our freshman dorm at college. We became quick friends, and we share the same sense of humor. We can be honest with each other, and we have the best time together :) She gets me.
Lindsay says
BYOF ME!
Sonel says
BYOF me!
My bestie is also my cousin. When we were little we lived across the country from each other so we didn’t get to see each other that much. Now that we’re adults though we live way closer…in the same apartment building! This works out well since we have babies who are only 5 months apart. These days most of our hangout time is spent chatting while we wheel our babies around the city.
Caity G. says
BYOF ME!
MY BFF lives 2 states away, but every time she comes home, it’s like nothing has changed. We both call each other “Buddy”. Always “Buddy”
Nicky says
BYOF ME!
phoebe says
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Shanna says
BYOF ME! I met my BFF at school in the 4th grade. The weirdest thing we used to love doing together was going out to eat and ordering desserts only! (True story: we don’t get to do this anything since she moved to Africa! :() We don’t have nicknames for each other but my BFF has the most beautiful red hair, so she has gotten many interesting nicknames over the years.
I would love to win as we are getting ready to move into a new (to us)house!
Suz McA says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF, Tara, in Girl Scouts and we’ve been besties for over 2 decades. No secret handshake but when we were in middle school, we used to make a clicking noise if we saw a cute boy (I’m still mortified). We live in different cities, but try to plan girlfriend weekends where we cut loose sans-hubbies/boyfriends.
Renee says
BYOF! Met my two best friends in college and I took one of them to Ikea for her first time ever. It was special. :)
Becky says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I went to high school together but didn’t add the “best” title until college when we lived together. On of our favorite weird things to do together was watch Saved by the Bell and Dawson’s Creek re-runs in the mornings before class. Now we live in different parts of the country but have never lost touch…in fact I’m heading home for her baby shower next week!
Julianne says
BYOF me! My bf is my bff. We are both only children and really understand our mutual need for alone time even though we love spending time together. We also share a mutual love for television, music, and our puppy dogs!
Shannon says
BYOF ME! My BFF is my sister- we met the day I was born! :)
Kates says
BYOF ME!
My besteee is Kerry. She hates when I tell the story of how we became friends bc for the first two years of college I hated her for silly reasons. (Her name was Kerry and she was short like me. Obviously when we finally met it was besties at first sight. We loved to people watch together and I am sad that we don’t live near each other so now we people watch while on the phone with each other!!