Possibly the best $2.79 I ever spent.
The niftiest thing happened when I was lurking around the dairy section at the grocery store a couple of weeks ago. It all started with buying a half-gallon carton of almond milk made by Silk, a company which has only just begun making almond milk.
Doing this made the cash register spit out three coupons for almond milk made by Almond Breeze, which has been making almond milk for a while and apparently does not care to lose any customers to Silk, thank you very much.
Two of the coupons were for for $1.50 off a half-gallon of Almond Breeze. That is pretty good already. But the third one was for a free half-gallon. Yes, FREE! I wouldn't have to do anything but give the store the coupon and then they would give me the almond milk and I could keep all my precious monies! This was clearly awesome.
It was EXTRA awesome because I almost never splurge on almond milk. It is delicious, but it is also ruinously expensive, so I had not had any in ages. I only got the Silk milk because of the Special! Low! Introductory! Price!
So I was able to drink the first half-gallon of almond milk while reveling in the knowledge that when it was gone, I could have another. Decadence!
BUT I HAVEN'T EVEN TOLD YOU THE SUPER-DUPER-AWESOME PART YET.
When I went and got my free Almond Breeze almond milk, I discovered that Silk wasn't having any of that "letting Almond Breeze keep its customers" nonsense. When I "paid" for the Almond Breeze milk with my coupon, the register printed out a coupon for a free half-gallon of the Silk milk. Yes! More free almond milk!!
Sadly, the train ride ended after that, as redeeming my second Free! Almond! Milk! coupon did not score me a third such coupon. But still! That was a pretty good run. And I still have the two $1.50 off coupons.
Some people may think it is silly to get this excited about free non-dairy beverages, but those people have probably not spent the last two weeks drowning in deliciousness. So nuts to them!
Disclaimer: I swear I have not been paid anything by Silk or Almond Breeze to mention their names a squillion times in a row. But if they wanted to send me some more coupons after this I would totally not object.
Doing this made the cash register spit out three coupons for almond milk made by Almond Breeze, which has been making almond milk for a while and apparently does not care to lose any customers to Silk, thank you very much.
Two of the coupons were for for $1.50 off a half-gallon of Almond Breeze. That is pretty good already. But the third one was for a free half-gallon. Yes, FREE! I wouldn't have to do anything but give the store the coupon and then they would give me the almond milk and I could keep all my precious monies! This was clearly awesome.
It was EXTRA awesome because I almost never splurge on almond milk. It is delicious, but it is also ruinously expensive, so I had not had any in ages. I only got the Silk milk because of the Special! Low! Introductory! Price!
So I was able to drink the first half-gallon of almond milk while reveling in the knowledge that when it was gone, I could have another. Decadence!
BUT I HAVEN'T EVEN TOLD YOU THE SUPER-DUPER-AWESOME PART YET.
When I went and got my free Almond Breeze almond milk, I discovered that Silk wasn't having any of that "letting Almond Breeze keep its customers" nonsense. When I "paid" for the Almond Breeze milk with my coupon, the register printed out a coupon for a free half-gallon of the Silk milk. Yes! More free almond milk!!
Sadly, the train ride ended after that, as redeeming my second Free! Almond! Milk! coupon did not score me a third such coupon. But still! That was a pretty good run. And I still have the two $1.50 off coupons.
Some people may think it is silly to get this excited about free non-dairy beverages, but those people have probably not spent the last two weeks drowning in deliciousness. So nuts to them!
Disclaimer: I swear I have not been paid anything by Silk or Almond Breeze to mention their names a squillion times in a row. But if they wanted to send me some more coupons after this I would totally not object.