***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.
Bethany says
BYOF me!
My BFF grew up a few houses down from me. We hated each other in elementary school, but eventually became best friends :)
marie g. says
BYOF me!
sarah says
BYOF Me! My best friend is my husband. He’s a goofball and works very hard to provide for us. :)
Brittany says
BYOF ME!
I met my BFF when we were 12 at the town fair. None of our mutual friends wanted to ride the more daring fair rides so I rode with her. Two years later she became my sister.
We’ve been BFF’s for 20 years and sisters for 18. Now between the two of us we have three adorable little girls that are all within a year of each other and a big family play group. Which is pretty fantastic since neither of us would have had nieces and nephews otherwise.
We live about 4 hours away from each other and our Boston Ikea is the meeting middle ground where we go hang out and shop several times a year.
Christa says
BYOF ME! I met my BFF in college, we’ve now been married for 8 years!
Megan says
BYOF ME!
We met through retreats that I was running for high schoolers!
Jessica says
BYOF me!!
My BFF is my husband. We met in school but reconnected online many years later. We just discovered a love for Ikea so we’d LOVE to win this!
Mandy Magnan says
BYOF ME! :) My best friend Audrey and I met in Illinois in 1981 — we now live 34 miles from each other off of Route 1 – Me near Ft Belvoir and she lives in Fredericksburg, VA. Naturally we will shop at the IKEA in Woodbridge if we were selected. :)
tiffany says
BYOF ME
I love my BFF, we met in 7th grade and competed for awhile as the groups “funniest girl”. We both love to laugh and make other laugh. I am still the funniest…btw ;)
Barb says
BYOF ME!
I met my best friend in college, then I married him!
Nora E says
BYOF ME!!
I met 2 of my best friends because all 3 of us have twins :) We don’t live close to each other but we talk daily! <3 them!!
Cair says
BYOF ME!
My bff and I met via our kids.
Jacqueline says
BYOF Me! My BFF and I met in a college linguistics class and have been kindred spirits ever since!
Lindsey @ A Pear to Remember says
BYOF me, please :)
My BFF and I met in a group of couples going to the 9th grade dance. Kerie was a friend of a friend at the time, but we went on travel to Haiti in 11th grade, become college roommates, and be each other’s maid of honor. I’m so glad she still lives in the same state : )
Kate says
BYOF ME!! My BFF’s mom and my mom were friends before we were even born! We’ve been BFs since elementary school and we would always doing weird / crazy / creative things as kids…build a hamster apartment out of cardboard, hot glue and GLITTER…on the pool table, anyone?! I’m not sure how our parents continued to let us hang out after that one. We do have funny nicknames for e/o because we both have(/had) long last names that we’re conducive to bad nicknames.
rebecca says
BYOF ME!
Courtney says
BYOF ME!
We met in elementary school!
Bibiana says
BYOF ME!
Jill says
BYOF ME! my bestir: my hubby. i have 3 kiddos under 6 so i don’t get out much. haha! but actually, we frequently refer to each other as “bff”. :)
Heather Chadwick says
BYOF ME!!!!
Carolanne says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is Becca – we’ve known each other since we met at 1/2 day kdg when we were 5, so…. 23 years now. We used to call each other Nora and Ace, which we made up out of the letters in our names! :)
Meredith T says
BYOF ME!
I have two besties, Jessica and Shelby, both of which are expecting. Needless to say, i would be thrilled to gift these two wonderful lovlies with an IKEA gift card so that we could deck out the nurseries (Swedish-style). Meet them both in college – the greatest friends a girl could ever ask for.
Dena says
“BYOF ME!” I met my best friend in kindergarten 35 years ago. No weird nicknames, just lots of fun!
Kristin B says
BYOF me please!!!!!
rupal says
BYOF me! My BFF and I met in high school and bond over watching cheesy movies, like when harry met sally and 10 things I hate about you.
Kate says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I met at college. We were both working in the same coffee shop. Her says-too-much social clumsiness locked eyes with my oh-there’s-a-wall-there clumsiness and bam: a match made in BFF heaven.
AshleyM says
BYOF ME… I have two BFFs and we all met about nine years ago when beginning our Air Force careers. So thankful to have them!
Brandy says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I have been friends since the 7th grade. We have done so many crazy things together over the years so it would be hard to choose just one!
James says
BYOF me! Is it possible to say my best friends beside my wife is my two dogs? They have doggie related items at IKEA, right?
Caitlin says
BYOF ME!
Lara says
BYOF ME!
My bff Beks and I met working the overnight shift. At first I thought she was so hip and stylish and beautiful she couldn’t possibly be nice, too. I was so wrong, she’s the nicest girl I’ve ever met and I’m so lucky to know her. We’ve been buds through various love interests, moves, and childbirth, and she’s been there for me every step of the way.
emma says
BYOF ME!!!!!! fo sho!
by BFF is ashley (aka Ash) … we met at church 17 years ago, which makes me sound really old, but i was in college. we love to watch any type, shape, or form of the real housewives on bravo & shop, shop, shop!!!!!
Melody says
BYOF me!
My bff is my husband, and we met in grad school.
Laura says
BYOF Me! I have NEVER been to Ikea and am ready to take a road trip for the adventure and to make the store my NEW BEST FRIEND!!
Erin says
BYOF Me! My BFF’s are my three sisters. Built in besties.
Kristen says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I have been friends since high school, but our grown-up best friendship was solidified when we both (surprisingly!) got pregnant at the same time. Now we are raising BFFs in training :)
Brenda says
BYOF me!
My bestie and I met when we were 8. We’re both 28 now! That’s well over half our lives :) Lives that could be vastly improved through Swedish design.
Sarah says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and ! have been friends for nearly 17 years! She has been there when I boarded the plan to head abroad for a year, gone with me on a trip when it was a much needed vacation and even made me the godmother of her daughter. through our friendship I have learned a friend knows just because you may not be the best at staying in touch doesn’t mean you don’t want to, and never makes it weird to pick up where you last left off.
Sue H says
BYOF me. My BFF and I have been friends since we were 4 years old.
Erin S says
BYOF ME!
I met my friends Jenn and Caitlin salsa dancing last year, and we’ve been inseparable ever since. One thing we are doing this year is writing down all of the cool things we do or say (and by cool we also mean usually embarrassing) and putting them in a shoe box. Then on New Year’s Eve we’ll read all of them and relive what an amazing time and friendship we have.
Belen says
BYOF me!!!
I met my BFF when she was a client I was doing consulting for. 10 years later we have matching tattoos!
Cosmos says
BYOF ME! My BFF met during swimming lessons in elementary school.
MOA says
BYOF ME!
Kim Benne says
BYOF me!
Classic story – we met in high school and have stayed BFF even though we live on different sides of the country now!
Vel says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I became friends when I was dating her brother when we were all in high school. The brother didn’t work out, but the girlfriend did!
Cheri Moser says
BYOF Me!
My friend was a freshman in college when I was a senior… but we had such a bond, it feels like we spent all four years there together! Looking back, years later, I can’t believe it was just one! She’s awesome!
Marci says
BYOF ME! I have known my best friend Amber since I was fourteen (I turned thirty a few months ago), and over the entire span of our friendship we have made up random nicknames for everyone we know, but not for one another. We still have sleepovers and indulge in way too many bad Lifetime movies.
Alicia M says
BYOF ME!
ashleyk says
BYOF me!!!
My BFF and I met as pot-luck roomies our freshman year of college!
Lauren says
BYOF me! My BFF is my sister. We bond of shopping and dealing with life’s many anxieties. She would be super excited to win this with me :)