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!
