***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.
Shana says
BYOF Me!
My BFF and I met one summer during college while in a community theater production of, wait for it…Annie. We’ve been besties ever since (except for one year we don’t speak of) and have gone everywhere together!
JB says
BYOF ME! My best friend and I have been friends for over 13 years!
Caryn says
BYOF me!
My bestie and I met in high school. She didn’t want to be friends. I kinda asked her out on a date and it’s been best friends ever since!!
Callie B. says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I were roommates in college! We were on the same volleyball team and have been best friends ever since! We have been through all sorts of craziness together, but I can’t imagine having a better person by my side! My favorite memory is when we went to NYC with our mom’s for Christmas! Such a fabulous trip frolicking around the city!
christy says
BYOF ME!!
I have known my BF since grade school. We are now 40 with families of our own. We live in different states but still try and see each other once a year. I miss her everyday!
Michael says
BYOF ME!
My best friend and I met in college. 8 years later and we’re best men in each other’s wedding.
Jen says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met in kindergarten and have been friends ever since. :)
Molly says
BYOF me!
I met my BFF in the 9th grade…and married him 15 years later!
Shannon says
BYOF me! My best friend and I met in 3rd grade. She lived two houses down from me. Now we live 2+ hours away from each other and are still BFF’s!
Mandy says
BYOF ME!
My best friend is my husband, because… he’s awesome. Why else would I marry him? We met in high school where we took German together. We’ve been friends for just as long. We’re really laid back around one another, so I am certain we do weird things together other than living with one another, but I can’t think of any right now. I have recently started calling him “Doe”, because of the song from Sound of Music. We were babysitting at the time, and I called the baby “ray” and obviously I was “me”, so he had to be doe. It’s not a serious nickname, but what is?
Amanda S says
“BYOF ME!”
My BFF is either my twin sister or my husband.
My sister I’ve known since utero, we’ve been known to make the same comment (whispered) during movies. And know most of each other’s stories and hot-buttons.
My husband I met my first year of college when he came with a friend to a club meeting. We call each other all sorts of endearments and currently just try not to call each other and our toddler the same endearment in a row. Or maybe that’s just me.
Krys says
BYOF ME, please :)
My BFF and I met during 7th grade and we’re still as silly and crazy 23 years later :)
Amanda says
BYOF ME! My best friend is my hubs. Cliche, I know. We love to fix up our house together!!! well. when we have money. C’mon giftcard, haha.
Alice says
BYOF me! My BFF and I live about an hour away from each other and we love to meet half way for a hike or a meal and of course lots of gabbing.
Bradley says
BYOF ME!
Rebecca Miller says
BYOF Me!!!! My BFF and I met in 7th grade shop class. We both failed terribly at making leather coasters.
Lynn @ The Photographers Wife says
BYOF Me!
My BFF is my husband. We met at Chuck E Cheese where we both worked!
Celeste says
BYOF me!!!
I met my bestie through a then-mutual friend. We LOVE Ikea and have made multiple road trips to enjoy the Swedish awesomeness!! She calls me her taller, tanner twin. :^)
Wanda says
BYOF me!
My best friend and I worked together for years. Stressed out nurses during the day, live music lovers at night!
Catherine @ Happily Ever Crafter says
BYOF me!!!!
My BFF is my husband! I’m kind of in an odd place where I don’t feel like I have a girl BFF, which I miss. My husband is a wonderful best friend but you know you need a girl too! We would LOVE to be able to get some awesome stuff for our little townhouse from IKEA and turn it more into “home” even though “home” is wherever we’re together. Sappy but true :)
Gretchen Brown says
BYOF ME!!
I met my bestie in Criminology class in college. We became instant best friends and ended up moving halfway across the country together after we graduated! She’s the best friend a girl could EVER ask for!
Amanda L says
BYOF ME!
My hubby’s my BFF:) we meet in high school and would talk about dating other people and who we had a crush on, then one day he really started dating one of those people and I did not like that one bit!
Brett says
BYOF Me!
My best friend and I lived near each other for most of our school years.
Heather says
BYOF me!
My BFF is my husband. I have a lot of good girlfriends, but my husband really is my best friend.
Brooke says
BYOF me!
My best friend has known me since the day I was born.! My mom and I love to do DIY projects together and frequently break out in dance or voices while projecting. :)
sandy bixby says
BYOF ME!
My bff and I met teaching in the same school. I call her Lima beam and she calls me bid. No secret handshakes but certain facial expressions can say it all!
denise says
BYOF me!
My BFF is my husband. We met working on a church retreat and have really been best friends ever since. :)
Jen @ Migonis Home says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I met on a beach when we were in middle school and then ended up at the same church and school until high school ended. We went to the same college and now are raising our families in the same church and next door towns. :)
steph says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is my husband – we met in college!
Codi says
Byof me!!
I met my best friend at our american school in South Korea
20 years ago! We have lived all over the world but we always kept in touch
She is like a sister to me.
Bethany says
BYOF ME! My best friend and I met at work. It’s an unlikely friendship; she’s a million times cooler than me, but I love her for her quirkiness and amazing fashion sense. She can make anything look good!
norrey says
BYOF Me!!!!
Crista says
BYOF me!!
Lots of good friends but I guess hubby is my BFF now. :}
Holly says
BYOF me! My BFF is my sister!
Lindsey says
BYOF me!
My BFF and I met in junior high and had lots of mutual friends, but didn’t become BFF until we were roommates in college!
Robin says
BYOF ME!
My bff and I just celebrated our 20th Friendiversary in September (and even took a vacation to commemorate it!). We met in our 1st grade class. She invited me to the zoo and we’ve been bff’s ever since. Two years after we met she moved to Iowa and I would fly up to see her (flying by myself at 8 was very exciting!) and now we’re lucky enough live 7 minutes away from each other. She’s pretty much amazing.
Mandi says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I met at work about 2.5 years ago. We totally “get” each other.
Francine M. says
BYOF ME!! My bestie and I have known each other for 20 years and met in elementary school. Though we’re both pretty young, the past few years we’ve bonded doing old school activities like canning our own jam, urban gardening, and sharing recipes. We both have boys and two are 11 months apart – so obviously they’re best friends, too! Coincidentally, one of our favorite activities is shopping at Ikea because she’s lucky and has one in her town!
Kerry says
BYOF ME! My BFF and I met through work, where neither of us was thinking we’d find a BFF, but we ended up with each other and it’s great.
Brittany Rugel says
BYOF ME!
Ann Schuetzle says
BYOF ME!
Karlie Kidd says
BYOF ME!
My BFF is my mom! We have been best friends since I was about 20, so about 5 years. We live far away from each other so we just love to chat. But she is coming to see me on Wednesday!!!
Amy says
BYOF ME!
My BFF and I were thrown together as roommates freshman year of college and then lived together for 10 more years!
Carrie says
BYOF ME!!
PLEASE!! I LOVE IKEA!! 99.5% of our home is stuff from ikea, please help me make it 100%!
As for my BFF.. we met at work, we made out after work, then we both quit and got married :-)
Marissa says
BYOF me!!!
Jessica says
BYOF Me!
My best friend and have been friends for almost twenty years.
Caroline B says
BYOF ME!
Heather says
BYOF ME!
My current BF (I’m not shallow and change BF’s, just move locales and find new ones:)) is awesome! She’s my biggest cheerleader and I’m hers. We met at church in a city where her husband went to the college that my husband taught at. She keeps me sane, honest, and true to myself!
Laura says
“BYOF ME!”
•BONUS QUESTION: My BFF is my hubby and we met in highschool. We call eachother a lot of things… (all nice things of course!)
Kim P says
BYOF me!