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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Week 2 of Slashing the Grocery Bill

Well, I spent most of Tuesday night stalking the Southern Savers website waiting on all of the local store ads to update.  When they were all updated I did a little cheer and grabbed my coupons and came up with a plan.  A plus to David being home now is that I can do more shopping in the afternoon and not worry about having to rush to get the boys from daycare.  I went to 4 different stores this week and feel like I did pretty good overall. 
First stop was Ingles:
Price before coupons/discounts: $34.20
Price after coupons/discounts: $13.36
Total savings: $20.84

Next up was Publix:
Price before coupons/discounts: $28.98
Price after coupons/discounts: 9.79
Total savings: $19.19

Then I went to Bi-Lo:
Price before coupons/discounts: $18.33
Price after coupons/discounts: $8.46
Total savings: $9.87

Last stop was CVS:
 Price before coupons/discounts: $10.28
Price after coupons/discounts: $2.28
Total Savings: $8.00 + $1 ECB

Overall I spent $33.89.  I know I could have done a lot better had I had some coupons, but I think I did fairly decent with it being my 2nd week.  I did learn that you have to watch the coupons while things are getting rung up.  I went through the self-check out at Bi-Lo and realized later that one coupon did not double like it was supposed to.  A mistake I will not make again.  Also, they were out of the soap at CVS I was hoping to get for free.  Can't wait to see what next week holds! 


5 comments:

Sheila said...

HIGH 5! Atta Girl! It does take a bit of time, but it truly is saving money that we were needlessly spending, right? I do not give my coupons to the clerk at the beginning. I wait till the total rings, and then I HAND them to her/him only 5 coupons at a time. that way, I can watch the screen and see it and know that all my coupons have been counted. You really did GREAT! Especially for week 2! One of my friends who just started couponing got an added "bonus" ~ when she got home and opened her car to take out the groceries, a snake came to assist her. Beware!!! ;D

Sheila said...

HIGH 5! Atta Girl! It does take a bit of time, but it truly is saving money that we were needlessly spending, right? I do not give my coupons to the clerk at the beginning. I wait till the total rings, and then I HAND them to her/him only 5 coupons at a time. that way, I can watch the screen and see it and know that all my coupons have been counted. You really did GREAT! Especially for week 2! One of my friends who just started couponing got an added "bonus" ~ when she got home and opened her car to take out the groceries, a snake came to assist her. Beware!!! ;D

Erin said...

at CVS, be sure to get a raincheck if they are out of an advertised price, they never expire, and they'll include any ECB's that are a part of the deal. They were out of the Ivory at my CVS too and I didn't bother with a raincheck, cause I new Walmart had the same deal. Well, Walmart was out too.

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