***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.
Sara says
BYOF me!
My BFF, Tisha, and I have known each other since middle school. Truth be told, I didn’t like her at first, but after a year of being thrust together thanks to mutual friends, we became inseparable. Now that we’re older, we don’t have much time to stay up late writing silly songs, go bowling, drool over boys or orchestrate elaborate schemes to sneak out of the house (fail: we locked ourselves out!), but we try to hang out as much as possible now, which usually involves watching the kiddos run around and being grateful that our hubbies get along.
Lindsay p says
BYOF ME!
My bffl is Susie! We met in 7th grade after I confronted for “dating” the boy I had been talking to on the til midnight for weeks.. She dumped him and we were best friends at first site!
Lindsay says
BYOF me!
I met my best friend at swim/dive practice our freshman year of high school (15 years ago.)
Brittany W. says
BYOF Me!
My bff and I met while working in Yosemite National Park. We now live in different states, but every time we talk on the phone, we always make sure to touch on two topics: any new music we’ve discovered and interesting birds we’ve seen.
Ashley @ Yeah. We Bake. says
BYOF ME!!
My bestie, Jessica, and I met in Jr. High. We live thousands of miles from each other now and actually have a blog together to make sure we stay close. You’re welcome to take a look! http://www.yeahwebake.com/
xo,
Ashley
Lauren says
BYOF ME!! My best friend and I met 12 years ago. We have been through so much together and even at 25 years old we still break out in random dance parties :)
Shannon says
BYOF ME!!!!
My BFF is my sister so I’ve had a BFF since I wsa 17 months old!!! Yay for IKEA!
Jenna M says
BYOF ME!!!!
My Boyfriend is my bff we are high school sweethearts!
Dara says
BYOF ME!
Jenny says
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Amanda says
BYOF me
My BFF is the love of my life and husband. Met in college and love doing nothing together.
Amy W says
BYOF me!
My best friend is my hubby and we met in Romania, even though we grew up 10 minutes away from each other in Utah.
Stephanie Wright says
BYOF ME! My best friend and I met while serving at church. We have now been friends for 8 years=)
mel zeiger says
BYOF ME!! My BFF and I have been friends for over 20 years! We love doing anything together, but our favorite thing is just walking around Target and talking! (it would be IKEA, but we live kinda far from one :)
Regina says
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Meghan says
BYOF ME!
I met my best friend when we both worked at Dairy Queen, lol. That was almost 16 years ago!
allyson says
BYOF me! I met my best friend in high school.
Brian says
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Kristin says
BYOF me!
My best friend is my husband. We met almost 10 years ago and have been married almost 8 years.
Kristin P. says
BYOF ME!
All of my best friends I have known for years and years. This is either really good (they like me!) or creepy (oh you’re my friend now? good. I will never leave.)… you decide.
Jenny says
Byof me!
My best friend is my husband :)
Lexi says
BYOF ME!
My BFF’s and I met through religious school and have been closer than family ever since!
Rebecca says
BYOF ME!!!!
Samantha says
BYOF me!! I met my best friend in 3rd grade. And even though we may not talk or get together as much as we would like, she will always be like my sister
Alexis Dettmer says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I met in high school and then we were roomies for 3 years in college. We like quoting The Office to each other and meowing at each other due to our love of cats.
Roxana Uskali says
BYOF Me!!
My Best friend and I met in college. We’ve been best friends since 2001 and have been in each other weddings, and now she’s having a baby! She would love this $100 gift card and I’d love to be the one to win so that she can get one, too!
Leigh W says
BYOF ME! We met at work and I couldn’t have stayed sane there without her!
Sara says
BYOF ME!!
My best friend is Sonia- we met through our shared preemie nurse because we both had our first baby boys on the same day at the exact same minute!! We now live in different countries but I know well be friends forever!!
Matt says
BYOF me! Please!
My BFF has been my best friend since I was 12. I’m almost 30.
Denyse says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I met in 8th grade because she couldn’t see the board in math class so I would whisper the answers to her when she got called on. 11 years later she’s got glasses, but we’re still friends!
Karly says
BYOF Me! My best friend is my sister. We met the day my parents brought her home and I informed them to take her back to the “hop-spital.” It was all uphill from there.
Emily says
BYOF ME! Please!
Bea says
BYOF me! My daughters are my best friends, and we love Ikea!
Emily says
BYOF me!
I worked with my best friend at the worst job ever!! She is still there (shes insane, and I love her!)
Patricia says
BYOF ME! I met my best friend in college and we’ve been close ever since.
Gwen says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I have been finishing each other’s sentences for 19 years!
Miya says
BYOF me! My BFF and I met in college ten years ago when she started dating the high school buddy of the guy I started dating… We were both each other’s maid of honor seven and then eight years later :-) And she thinks assembling ikea furniture is the ideal way to spend a weekend!
Powerpuff says
BYOF ME!
My boyfriend is pretty much my best friend, and we met on Myspace :p
Adriana says
BYOF ME!
Martina says
BYOF ME!
We met in kindergarten when our moms decided we lived close enough to carpool!
Kathryn says
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My BFF and I met 16 yrs ago via an online fandom and then discovered we lived less than 2 miles apart in the same town. We bond over food, travel (combining the two whenever we can) and planning special events for her business and our community theater!
Suzannah says
BYOF ME!
I have three best friends and probably the most fun we have together these days is taking pole dance classes – yep. Pole dance.
Jamie says
BYOF me!! My best friend and I met in sixth grade. :)
Sydney says
BYOF ME! Rachel and I became best friends my last semester of college. Now we live on opposite coasts, but are just as close as when we lived in the same small college town.
Dana K says
BYOF me! My BFF is my husband…we met at work.
Shelley says
“BYOF ME!”
My bestie and I met in Jr. high. We live in separate cities, but we always meet up at least twice a year.
Brooke Reynolds says
BYOF Me!
Met my bestie in 7th grade when I started at a new school, and she turned to me in 7th period English and said “Ohhhh, so you’re the new girl everyone’s been talking about”. 15+ years later, still BFFs :).
Kristen D. says
BYOF me!
My best friend and I have been friends since grade school, when we were both too nerdy to make any other friends ;)
Carmen says
BYOF ME! My BFF is my husband. We met at church.
megan says
BYOF me!
If you count a husband, he’s my BFF! We met on a high school class trip on a train in Scotland. That was 15 years ago this month! If you don’t count a husband, my other BFF is my sister. We met when she was born on my 4th birthday! I call her “the deuce” since she’s the second sister. She hates it, but she loves me!