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?
