Be aware that tomorrow, Tuesday, April 29, is Free Cone Day at your local Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop.

When we first moved to the Boston area a dozen years ago, we lived within walking distance of a Ben & Jerry’s in Arlington Center, but the store has long since changed hands a couple of times (although it is still an ice cream shop), and we live a good 10 miles away from there now. The Ben & Jerry’s store locator tells me that there is nothing closer than Harvard Square, and that particular location isn’t even a full-blown shop, it’s a sort of kiosk in a tiny mall. I’ll probably just go buy a pint and some cones and the three of us can pretend that they were free. On the positive side, though, we’ll get much more generous scoops than they dish up for Free Cone Day, and we won’t have to take whatever flavor they’re giving away like-it-or-not (though, truth be told, there aren’t many B&J flavors that are totally unlikeable).

Wherever you live, I hope you’re in a better position to score a freebie. Ice cream wants to be free.