Archive for May, 2025

New DG Coupon Matchup: Free Nail Polish + My Surprise Penny Haul!

Tuesday, May 20th, 2025

Free Nail Polish, Deodorant + Surprise Pennies

Tonight I stumbled on a new coupon matchup that I used to score free nail polish, plus I found some fabulous penny items! Thanks to this video from Craz-E Coupons, I learned that a batch of surprise pennies just dropped. So of course I had to go check it out! I knew my store carried at least one of the items on the list, so I crossed my fingers that it was still there. As I got ready to head out to the store, I also watched this video from Roll Out Savings, and while I was in store I referred to this super helpful page on KristiesConnections.com that has visuals of these surprise pennies; I also referred to her clearance event coupon matchup pages to find the deodorant deal that I got. I appreciate all these creators so much for making my hauls possible! So here’s what I got:

2 boxes of iHop K-Cups, 10 count – paid .01 cent each
2 hats – paid .01 cent each
2 Ivory deodorants – included in the clearance event for $2 each, free after $2 cash back rebate
2 Sally Hansen nail polishes – on clearance for $1.23 each, used a $1.50/1 digital coupon in the DG app to make them free

As I was looking through the digital coupons on the Dollar General app, the first one I saw was the new $1.50 off 1 Sally Hansen nail polish coupon. I knew there were some Sally Hansen nail polishes in the clearance area, so I had a look and sure enough, located two that were $1.23 each. Because my husband also has a DG account, I texted him and asked him to join me in the store so he could get me another free nail polish, since I had found two. 😂 Since my store is using a new register, the coupon automatically adjusted down to $1.23, but if your store has an old register, you might get overage on this one!

In addition to the nail polish, Jai also followed my lead and picked up one of these Ivory deodorants, which are $2 each during the clearance event with a digital cash back offer of $2.I can always use free deodorant! ETA: Upon checking my DG app, I realized that the fine print of the offer says that you earn $2 back when you purchase two – D’OH! Even when you read and re-read the terms on these offers, you still occasionally miss something. So no free deodorant for me, but at least I got it half price, right? 🤦‍♀️ If you want to do this deal the right way, you could pick up 2 for $4, and after your $2 rebate, it will make them $1 each, which is a good deal if you like this deodorant!

I also scored on the surprise pennies – sure enough, the iHop coffee that I had spotted the previous day was still there, so I was able to score two boxes! That was a very exciting find for me, because I love coffee and drink so much of it. That’s a total of 20 cups for .02 cents, which is a true bargain!

Finally, I found these two baseball caps, which are both blue dot items – even two full weeks after blue dot accessories went to a penny, I’m still finding them in my store! Since the clearance event is going on, a lot of stuff is getting picked through and moved around, which is why I spotted the first hat randomly on a shelf. I then went through everything on the baseball cap rack and found the second hat.

Did you guys score any surprise pennies today?

DG Roadtrip, Penny Pandemonium & New Surprise Penny Visuals!

Sunday, May 11th, 2025

Wow, what a week it’s been at Dollar General! Below, I’m recapping 5 trips I made on Thursday and Friday, and sharing visuals & UPCs for new surprise pennies that I found. To make it easy for you, here are links that will take you straight to whatever section you’d like to read first if you’re in a hurry:

Haul #1 | Haul #2 | Hauls #3 & 4 | Haul #5 |New Surprise Penny Visuals

It started with Tuesday’s penny haul, where I got a cart filled to the brim with hundreds of dollars worth of items for $1.50. Then, I found out that the Brown Dot Home 90% off clearance event had been re-scheduled to Thursday, along with a *second* penny list dropping the same day – thank you so much to Kristie’s Connections for keeping me up to date with all this info; and I always study the visuals that Craz-e Coupons shares as well, so shoutout to both the KC Dream Team and the Craz-e Crew for putting in the overtime this week to keep us all informed about the great deals!

So once again, I was at the store as soon as they opened on Thursday morning to check it out. My store didn’t have any of the penny fitness equipment, but I did find a few other straggler penny items from Tuesday’s markdown that were still hiding in the store, and I snagged a few home items on the cheap. As you can see, my bunny Precious had to come and inspect my haul! 😁

Thursday – Haul #1:

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1 Goodcook Meal Prep 60 Piece Food Storage Container Set – originally $25, on sale for $2.50
2 Trueliving Wall Shelves – originally $12 each, on sale for $1.20 apiece
1 IcyHot Roller – originally $5.35, used a $5 off coupon in the DG app to make it .35 cents
1 keychain bracelet – originally $3, paid 1 cent
1 “Blessed” bracelet – originally $1, paid 1 cent
1 toy worm – originally $2, paid 1 cent
1 2025 planner – originally $3, paid 1 cent

In total, I got $63.35 in merchandise for $5.29! The meal prep set is perfect for me as I’ve been doing freezer cooking lately. I also love the little planner – it’s the exact kind I like and fits in my purse, so great for writing things down on the go! I also needed more shelving, and the little trinkets will be fun to add to my teacher donation box. And I definitely needed the IcyHot after this long day of shopping! 😂

So I had quite literally just walked in the door after coming home from this trip, when I got back-to-back notifications on my phone from Roll Out Savings and Kristie’s Connections that there was a brand new, surprise penny list that had just dropped right there and then. So I quite literally turned around, and went straight back to the store! I didn’t have long to shop, because I was getting ready to head to Portland for a physical therapy appointment that afternoon, but I was still able to get a ton of stuff in the time I had! Everything in this trip was a penny item:

Thursday – Haul #2:

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22 tubes of Rexall Athlete’s Foot Cream – originally $4.05
1 bottle of Rexall Medicated Foot Powder – originally $4.05
1 jar of O’Keeffe’s Healthy Feet Cream – originally $7.97
2 bottles of Dollar General Vapor Steam – originally $4.50
1 Ace Knee Brace – originally $9.98
1 pack of Kiss Press-On Nails – originally $8.25
1 Believe Beauty Blush Duo – originally $5.25
9 Believe Beauty Eyebrow Styling Gels in Clear, Light Brown & Dark Brown – originally $3.72
5 Believe Beauty Fantasize False Lashes + Glue – originally $5.00
2 tubes of Fixodent – originally $6.97

And in addition to the penny sale, when I scanned the Fixodent, I saw that there was a digital coupon attaching, so I clipped it. I was in such a rush that I didn’t stop to look at the details, but if you check in the app right now, there’s $2.00 off 2 and $4.00 off 2 coupons available, so as always, just check with the app to see what is attaching. My store is on a new register, so it adjusted my coupon down and took off one cent for each tube, making them both free! If you’re at an old register, you could potentially get overage with this, so heads-up. After coupons, I walked away with $206.29 in merchandise for .43 cents!!

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I was SO excited about all the beauty goodies!! I love makeup, and I buy eyebrow gel all the time, so what a find! There were a lot of awesome things here – I actually reviewed O’Keeffe’s on Contest Corner back in 2013, so I have used & enjoyed this very foot cream before! And speaking of blasts from the pasts, OG readers will remember my knee dislocation saga that started in 2010, so knee braces are yet another item I have bought several of previously!

Another theme you’ll see across my hauls in this post is that I came across a lot of personal care & health products that pennied. These are wonderful items to donate, and I’m currently compiling a list of local organizations I can donate to, such as shelters for women & the unhoused. If you happen to be a local reading this and you know an organization or group I should add to this list, please get in touch!

So after my second haul, it was time to head to Portland for my appointment. I made a plan to take Highway 30 back home just so we could hit two other Dollar General locations! 😂 My day started as soon as the doors opened at my local DG, and we didn’t get home until almost 11PM…phew!

Thursday – Hauls #3 & #4:

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Unfortunately, the two other locations I visited were a bust, with zero penny items and practically no Brown Dot Home clearance. I picked up just one item at each DG – at the first one, I got some Easter plates on 70% clearance for .30 cents, and at the second I got a bath mat on 90% clearance for .80 cents.

Friday Haul:

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On Friday, I dropped back in to my local store have a more thorough look around the clearance section and see if I missed anything, and I was thrilled to find more penny beauty items!

1 pink toilet cleaner – full price item, $1
1 12-pack of Lifestyles condoms – originally $7.68
1 Believe Beauty Bronzer – originally $4.75
4 Believe Beauty nail polishes in color “Concrete Jungle” – originally $2.65
1 Believe Beauty nail polish in color “Knighted” – originally $2.65
1 Believe Beauty nail polish in color “Secret Hideaway” – originally $1.00
2 Believe Beauty nail polishes in color “For The Win” – originally $1.00

Everything was a penny except for the toilet cleaner, which was a full price item from the dollar aisle; the reason I got it was simply because it looked fun – apparently, Tik Tok cleaning trends are now influencing regular cleaning products, because you’re meant to pour this product into the toilet and watch it turn into a large pink foam which will allegedly clean the bowl with little to no scrubbing. I love the color pink and will quite literally buy a cleaner just for being bright pink, so I couldn’t resist. 😂 And, it’s also a better price than buying toilet cleaner from even the Dollar Tree. In total, that’s 11 items originally priced at $29.68 for $1.10! I’m so excited about all the nail polish, and since I got four in one color, I’m going to use them for a girl’s night and give them to my friends so we can do a nail/spa moment at home.

My grand total between all five trips was $308.32 in items for $7.92 – a little over $300 in savings, not too shabby!

New Surprise Penny Visuals

During my shopping, I found two items that I have not seen visuals for elsewhere, so I wanted to share them to help you in your shopping:

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First, I found these fun Christmas-themed press-on nails!

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Then, I found this beautiful matte/shimmer blush duo; I’ve seen the bronzer shared in visuals, but I haven’t seen this blush posted yet. As always, if you have posted one of these and I’m not familiar with your site or I just missed it on one of the penny lists I already follow, please let me know and drop a link below! I do my very best to only share a penny visual if I’m sure it’s totally unique, but with the amount of visuals I’ve watched and studied this week, it’s all blurring together at this point, so it’s always possible I might miss something in the penny haze. 🤣

And so we have come to the end of one jam-packed week! How did you do, readers? Snag any great finds? Let us know in the comments below!

$439 Worth of Items For $1.50: Best Penny Day Yet!

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

$439 in Items For Under 2 Bucks

Just when I thought the golden age of couponing was over for good, I get a brand new entry for the Haul of Fame! That’s right – I walked into a store in 2025, got a cart full of merchandise, and then paid with two single dollars – and still got change back!!! I got 121 items total: All but one item were one cent each. The exception was a set of Easter bunny paper plates that were on 70% clearance for .30 cents – this category of seasonal item tends to completely sell out before they reduce to a penny, and this was the last set of Easter paper plates left, so I figured I’d go ahead and get it because .30 cents is a good price, and they will be cute for my bunny birthday parties. 😄 So here’s the haul:

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Note: The “original price” listed for each item below is the sum total. So if I got 4 of the same flower duffel bags that were originally $5 each, I then listed the “Original price” as $20, because that’s what you would have paid for all four before they were marked down. Most of the items had the original price on the tag, but I had to look up a few online – I couldn’t find a purchase link for these Hot Shot lighters, but Google said their average retail price is $6.99 each, so I just went with that.

1 pink flower backpack – original price: $10
1 black vinyl backpack – original price: $8
4 blue flower duffel bags – original price: $20
4 slippers – original price: $20
8 purple & white backpacks – original price: $80
35 monster pens – original price: $35
3 knit hats – original price: $15
8 wristlets – original price: $24
7 baseball hats – original price: $35
1 set of paper plates – original price: $1
1 pink glitter cat duffel bag – original price: $12.50
2 ArmorAll Complete Car Care kits – original price: $29.94
5 water bottles – original price: $15
3 clear cross body bags – original price: $24
4 lighters – original price: $27.96
2 black Cee Klein purses – original price: $25
2 pink unicorn purses – original price: $20
13 HotHands hand warmers – original price: $13
15 HotHands Super Warmers – original price: $22.50
1 keychain – original price: $1

So that’s $438.90 worth of items for $1.50!!! If you notice that long piece of paper on top of the Car Care kits in the photo of my haul, that is my extremely long receipt. It’s so long that I had to fold it in order to take a picture of it!

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When I started my shopping trip, I had a mental map of exactly where I wanted to go in the store, and I brought Jai with me because on a previous trip, I had spotted some items that were on the upcoming penny list up on a skyshelf, and I knew if they were still there, I’d need someone taller than me to reach them!😂 Indeed, it was invaluable having him there as the items I had noticed previously were in fact still up on the same shelf, along with some additional penny items I spotted on a skyshelf in a different aisle. I always think of the advice from Craz-e Coupons, who always says in her videos: “Look high, look low, look everywhere you go!”

As we first walked into the store, I swooped through the aisles picking up penny items like I was a contestant on Supermarket Sweep, putting entire cardboard display boxes full of slippers in my cart and loading it to the brim with backpacks and bags. Jai asked me how I knew these items were the right ones, and it’s because I’ve developed what Kristie’s Connections calls “Pennyvision”: I’ve now seen these items so many times during previous trips, and I watch the visual videos from creators like Kristie’s Connections and Craz-e Coupons over and over. Huge shoutout to Kristie’s Connections, who has such comprehensive visuals both in her videos and on her website here; this is my #1 resource for learning about penny items! And I also want to shoutout Craz-e Coupons, because she showed a visual for a blue dot item in this video I haven’t seen listed anywhere else, which are the kid’s water bottles that I got. I recognized them right away when I saw her video, especially since I’ve been spending so much time in the NCI section this past week, so I was able to pick these up for a penny as well.

I’m so excited about this haul – there’s so many fun things here! I’m so happy to have extra slippers, and I love the fun accessories like the sequined baseball caps! I’m also really excited about all the HotHands – I have chronic illnesses and use a heating pad religiously to make myself more comfortable, and I find these little warmers are fantastic to use while I’m out and about!

So I’ll be keeping some of these goodies for myself, and the rest will make great gifts and donations. (In case you were wondering what in the world I was going to do with 35 monster pens.😉) My BFF is a teacher, and some of these things will be perfect for her classroom. Remember the Oregon Ducks youth t-shirts I found for a penny recently? I gave her a big bag of those for the students, and apparently the school was excited to receive them; teachers spend a lot of their own money on school supplies, and are often funding food/hygiene pantries for children in the school as well. So if you also hit the blue dot jackpot today and are wondering where to donate your extras, check with your school or a teacher!

Did you go out penny shopping today?

DG Haul & Surprise Penny Visuals: Superhero Lunch Boxes & Butter Dishes!

Friday, May 2nd, 2025

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I went out penny shopping last night after hearing all about the current penny items & sales at Dollar General thanks to Kristie’s Connections and Craz-E Coupons! If you’re unfamiliar with penny shopping, click here to check out my first post about it. I got a nice little haul, and even more exciting, I found 2 new surprise penny items that I haven’t seen anywhere else! (But if someone else has posted these already and I missed it, please let me know so I can check them out and link to them in this post!) Here’s what I found:

5 ID Guard Stamp Rollers
– originally $10
5 Black Panther lunch boxes – regularly $8
1 Batman lunch box – regularly $8
3 butter dishes – regularly $8

So that’s $122 worth of merchandise for .14 cents – not too shabby! We also picked up a tube of Crest toothpaste that was free after coupon, two items on 90% clearance that were .80 cents each, and some OTC meds because my husband had a coupon on his DG account for $3 off a $15 purchase; but I didn’t bother photographing those because I wanted to focus on the penny haul and bring you the visuals and UPCs for all these surprise pennies! Here is my receipt with UPCs on it:

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And here’s visuals for the individual items:

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I knew there were a lot of hidden penny items out there, so I took the advice from Kristie’s Connections & Craz-E Coupons to just scan everything you can in the NCI home area. I scanned almost every item in the kitchen aisle, since the kitchen items specifically are just one small-ish aisle in my store. That’s how I stumbled upon these butter dishes! They’re really cute, and the color scheme in my kitchen is pink and black, so this will go perfectly!

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As I was scanning the kitchen area, I automatically started scanning these lunchboxes, and then thought, “There’s no way these are going to be included, why am I bothering to scan them?” So imagine my surprise a half second later when the item popped up 0.00 on my DG app! Turns out, it WAS a penny item. 😀 I thought this was an awesome find – as you might have guessed from my name, Super Coupon Girl, I’m a big fan of comic books! I’ll be keeping a couple of these for myself, and then the rest will make wonderful gifts/donations.

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I was also amused by the ID Guard Stamp Rollers, and I spotted the display of them almost immediately upon walking into my store because these are a known penny item. I love “As Seen on TV” products, and I do need to go through my filing cabinet and toss some old paperwork, so I’ll give this a try!

Have you seen any of these items at your stores, readers? Found any other great surprise pennies? Let me know in the comments!