If you asked me, “Penny for your thoughts?”, I would gladly tell you – and take that penny to Dollar General! 😉 If you caught my post a few days ago, you will have seen that I’ve started “Penny shopping” and got quite the haul on Tuesday – if you missed the post, click here to read it, as I give some background on what exactly penny shopping is. I knew this was going to be a big week for penny shopping, because the community has been abuzz about the massive penny markdown that was happening today, February 9th. There were hundreds of items going to a penny, and items usually clearance on Tuesdays, so it was unusual to have so much stuff going to a penny in one week; I’ve heard some long-timers say this was the biggest penny list they’d ever seen, so it was a great week for me to get stuck in. I’ve been watching Dollar General deal creators all week in preparation – just as sports fans had their big day today, us deal shoppers did as well! HUGE thank you to Kristie’s Connections, Craz-E Coupons, The Freebie Guy and Roll Out Savings for all of the invaluble information they provided this week! If you’re new to this, definitely go follow/bookmark/and subscribe to all of them.

Saturday:

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On Saturday, I stopped by Dollar General and found 3 more toys from Tuesday’s penny list, these adorable play food sets, which I bought for .03 cents total. I’m not sure exactly what the original price was – they had been formerly marked down to $8 on clearance, I and I see them being sold on eBay for $24.99 new. Either way, they cost more than one penny before!

Sunday:

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Today was the big day, and I left with a big haul: Approximately $217.89 worth of items for .85 cents! Because DG doesn’t show the original prices on the receipt or website, I looked around Google to estimate what these sold for originally. Here’s the breakdown – each item cost me one cent, and I’ve listed the original, full retail price next to it:

71 (!) birthday number candles, 0-9 – originally $1 each
1 Snackeez Cup – regularly $10
1 package of crayons – regularly $1.79
1 car air freshener, 4 ct. – regularly $3.19
1 bottle motor oil – regularly $4.95
2 cast iron pans – regularly $13.50 each
4 different Comfort Bay King Size Sheet Sets – regularly $24.99 each

What’s wild is that I have bought these kind of numbered birthday candles many times, and they typically always cost $1 each; and now I have a lifetime supply – plus everything else! – for LESS than $1!

I got everything except for the bedding in my first transaction, after which I came home, sat down, watched Craz-E Coupons’ newest video titled “PAY $.01! TURN AROUND! SURPRISE PENNIES!!” – and then promptly did just that, and turned around and headed back to the store! 😂 This video was where I learned that a bunch of penny info had just dropped for the bedding aisle as shoppers discovered “Surprise” pennies not on the lists while out shopping. I thought it would be worth checking to see if my store had any of these, and sure enough, they did! I don’t believe the sheet sets I found at my store were on the other lists, so I thought I’d take a photo of the front and back of the packaging so you can see what they look like, and the UPC codes. If these have already been posted elsewhere or if they were in Craz-E’s video and I missed it, I apologize; my eyes have been looking like this the last few days trying to absorb as many penny list visuals as I can, and at this point it’s hard to keep track and keep everything straight! 😂

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Also – on The Freebie Guy’s visuals, it showed the silver candles I got in numbers 1-4, but as you can see above, 0-9 are all pennied as well; so I also snapped a pic of the front of the candles, illustrated by the top row, and the back of the candles, illustrated by the second row, so you can get the UPCs if you need them. The corresponding UPC for every candle is directly below each one. Again, I apologize if this is old info or available on a different visual, I just want to share anything I can that might help you while you’re out hunting! Happy shopping!

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Did you score anything during this massive penny weekend? Let me know below!

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