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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Bestå Friends

| By John Petersik | March 4, 2013 | 7,940 Comments

Fab Freebie: Bestå Friends

***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.

IKEA BYOF Giveaway

  • 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.

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Comments

  1. Elaine says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    BYOF ME!

    My BFF grew up next door to me. Shebwas the maid of honor in my wedding. I’m throwing her a baby shower soon.

    Reply
  2. Julie says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    BYOF me!!!!! I have known my bestie for 10 years now. She knows everything about me. She calls me cookie, my name for her is nacho. :)

    Reply
  3. Nes says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    Byof me!!
    LoRo, my bestie, has earned that title over the years for being the best at sharing tapas and bottles of wine with, for giving legit advice (even though she knows it probably won’t be what I want to hear), she’s got legit style and she was the one who went with me when you guys did your book signing here! Totes quality bff’ing right there!

    Reply
  4. ellen says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    BYOF ME!
    it was the summer before 1st grade. we were new to the city and street. a family came over to welcome new neighbors. i opened the door and there she stood. i knew we’d be friends from the moment she said “hi, i’m renae, i’m 6 and… i just farted” haha! 20 years later we still love to remember that initial meeting. oh to be 6 again.

    Reply
  5. Kristin says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    BYOF ME…
    My best friend and I met in college. We had a rocky start to our friendship but we have been inseparable ever since! :)

    Reply
  6. MissPinkKate says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF ME! I met my best friend through my cousin in the 7th grade, and many years later, she married my cousin and now she’s family! :)

    Reply
  7. Josh says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF me!
    My BFF is my wife :)

    Reply
  8. Elizabeth E says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF ME! My bestie is my husband…cheesy but true!

    Reply
  9. Meagan B. says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF ME! My best friend and I met when she came to our church to be the youth leader. We’ve been besties ever since :) her son is one of the kid contestants on biggest loser this season, go Noah (or Biingo, as he likes to be called)!

    Reply
  10. Ali says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF Me!

    My bestie is my twin sister! She’s the best friend a gal can have and we’re going to take over the world together. ;)

    Reply
  11. Juliann says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    I love my BFF, we met in Vegas and talk almost everyday!!

    Reply
  12. Nicole says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF ME!

    My husband is my best friend!

    Reply
  13. April says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF ME! My BFF is Adam. He’s my boyfriend and he’s great.
    We have an awesome new handshake. It’s called the rocket. Goin’ up!!
    We’re about to move into our own little tiny house and could really use some practical, space saving Ikea furniture!!!

    Reply
  14. Dani M. says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF me!

    My best friend is my husband – friends for 10 years, together for 7, married for almost 3. And we’re secretly very, very odd, though we hide it pretty well from our friends.

    Reply
  15. Samma says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF ME!

    Squee, pick me! I’m Swedish, and a huge IKEA fan! And my BF & I met in HS over (urp) 30 years ago. We’re opposite coasts these days, but we can still pick up conversations like we just hung up from one of our marathon calls when we were teens.

    Reply
  16. Sara says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF ME!

    My BFF is my cousin, Kristen – we’re seven months apart and grew up writing letters to each other…we are still pen pals to this day!

    Reply
  17. Andrea says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    BYOF ME! I met my dearest friend in college – we don’t have a weird handshake, or even that many weird memories together –we’ve just told each other EVERYTHING. Which gets pretty weird all by itself, I guess! :)

    Reply
  18. ALEXANDRA says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!! My best friend is my twin sister Elizabeth. Together for 24 years now!

    Reply
  19. Sheila says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME !! My best friend is my husband. We have been partners in crime for almost 18 years and have the best time together !

    Reply
  20. Hannah M says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF me! Met my BFF in kindergarten almost 18 years ago!

    Reply
  21. Allison says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME! My bestie and I first bonded over Girl Scout cookies and episodes of Hoarders. The more the merrier though – Sherry, be our bestie? Three’s not a crowd when you’re sharing calories in a box of Samoas.

    Reply
  22. Renee says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!
    I met my BBF in 8th grade gym class!

    Reply
  23. Olivia says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF me! My best friend and I met in preschool!

    Reply
  24. Sharon says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF me!! My BF is my sister!!! We live far from each other though :(

    Reply
  25. Mrs. Patty says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME! KK is my best friend…I met her freshman year of college. She is the most geniune person I’ve ever met. She is well loved by everyone and I’m lucky to call her a best friend. She keeps me ground and focused on what is really important in life.

    Reply
  26. Kelsey says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    My best friend and I never had an official first meeting because our parents knew each other and we’re only 10 months apart. We have done tons of crazy stuff together and have nicknames based upon our high school French class that we took!

    Reply
  27. Jen N. says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF Me!

    The weirdest thing we love doing together is having spontaneous dance parties in the kitchen.

    Reply
  28. Lauren says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!

    I have a few “besties” so deciding who gets the extra cards will be TOUGH!

    Reply
  29. Kristan C. says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!! My best friend is my sister. We didn’t always get along as well as we do now, but we’ve always been close. Now there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t talk to her. She knows everything about me and I know everything about her. In my toast to her and her husband at their wedding, I told her that I was thankful we both found men who can accept that we tell each other everything – there are no secrets!

    Reply
  30. Kay says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!

    I have two best friends: Amy and Julia. (So, perfect for this giveaway! :D) We have been friends since we were teenagers and they are like the sisters I never had. We all live in different cities but the road trips are plentiful and we are perfect traveling companions. We love good beer and fun restaurants, museums, walks around new neighborhoods, and picnics.

    Reply
  31. Cheryl says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!!! Our parents were friends, so we knew each other from the time we were babies. We are almost exactly 9 months apart. Our oldest kids were born 13 days apart!

    Reply
  32. Heather says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!
    I met my best friend M in Belgium where our two houses were attached. We live far away from each other now but do our best to see each other a few times a year! We do what we like best when we are together….coffee and gabbing and finishing each others sentences!!

    Reply
  33. Jess says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF Me! I think I consider all of my friends my BFF’s. I probably have about 7 and all for different reasons! I guess I would need to narrow it down when distributing these gift cards!

    Reply
  34. Jen says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF Me!

    My bestie lives 1000 miles away and its tough but we met in college and I wish we lived closer together.

    Reply
  35. Katie S says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!

    My best friend is my partner in crime. She makes me feel not so weird and nerdy and I can always count on her to have my back. We could talk for hours and have it feel like only 15 minutes (which happens often and our husbands are left wondering what ever happened to us). She just recently had her first little one and we could have such a blast using these giftcards to make the nursery of her dreams. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  36. Megan S. says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!

    Best friends since middle school with my bobo bear. We used to make movie lists and watch one every weekend, saving the last piece of good popcorn for one another. We still try to do that til this day whenever we happen to have popcorn together :)

    Reply
  37. Katie says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!

    My husband is my BFF (lame! =P) but besides him is my other BFF who brought us together! The weirdest thing we do to hang (all three of us) is go to (and actually run!)conventions together!

    Reply
  38. Kendra says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm

    BYOF ME!
    My bestie and I have been friends since birth; we grew up together, college roomies, and she was my MOH. Love her to pieces.

    Reply
  39. Katherine says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF ME!

    All about my BFF:
    How did you meet? We sat beside of each other in Spanish courses throughout college
    How long have you been besties? Since 2007
    What’s the weirdest thing you love doing together? We send each other strange photos all day through text messages; things from the web, from our days, etc. It gets pretty entertaining.
    Do you have funny nicknames for each other – or a secret handshake that involves winking and doing the Macarena? No Macarena, and no handshake, but plenty of inside jokes.

    Reply
  40. Julie Kimble says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF Me! My sister is my best friend. I can be totally real with her and she can be totally real with me! Sisters by chance…best friends by choice!

    Reply
  41. Kristin says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF ME!
    I met my BFF 12 years ago. We share a deep, deep love of wrapping paper, office supplies, and event planning.

    Reply
  42. Tempest says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF me!

    My BFF and I met in middle school. I’m pretty sure she and I are soul mates. ;)

    Reply
  43. CarrieO says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF ME!
    My best friend and I met in 7th grade. We were friends because we were in a lot of the same school classes for 3 years, but didn’t become best friends till 10th grade. No weird handshakes or anything. :)

    Reply
  44. susan says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF me! My best friend and her husband were our landlords in a two-family unit that my husband and I rented when we were newlyweds.

    Reply
  45. Janelle says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF me!!!

    My hubby is my BFF!

    Reply
  46. Mary says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF ME!
    My bestie and I were actually placed together as roommates in college 13 years ago. We have both moved to several different states since and still keep in touch, getting together whenever we can. Every time we are together it feels like no time has passed.

    Reply
  47. Julie says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF ME!
    We met in preschool, so over 30 years ago!

    Reply
  48. Elle says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF ME!

    I met my best friend at work in college, and even though we’re 2,000 miles away now, we still talk every day on gchat!

    Reply
  49. AnnieS says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF Me!
    besides the hubby, my sister gets the title as my BFF. For some odd reason, she just started calling me “Butters” (a la SouthPark) one day and it’s stuck. I don’t know what I’d do without her.

    Reply
  50. Lindsay@Off For the Season says

    March 4, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    BYOF ME!

    I met my BFF in preschool. Still going strong even though we live 16 hours apart….

    Reply
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