Week 3-Part of Week 5 of Slashing the Grocery Bill

Thanks to Southern Savers again,  I was able to do pretty good the past couple of weeks shopping.  Here is my Bi-Lo trip:

 Price before coupons/discounts: $42.06

Price after coupons/discounts: $18.12

Total savings: $23.94

What I got: 3- 8 pack Lance crackers, 2 packages of pads, 2 boxes of tampons, 2 jars of spaghetti sauce, 1- 4 pack disposable razors and 1- 3 pack Jell-O Temptations

 

My new favorite store, Publix:

 Price before coupons/discounts: $52.76

Price after coupons/discounts: $11.27

Total savings: $41.49

What I got: 2 bottles of salad dressing, 1 box cheese sticks, 6 containers of yogurt, 2- 4 pack kid's yogurt, 2 tubes of toothpaste, 3- 6 pack Propel water, 2 bottles Trop50, 2 containers of almonds, and a bag of dog treats

 

I can't seem to get the hang of it but still go to CVS:

Price before coupons/discounts: $14.72

Price after coupons/discounts: $4.80

Total savings: $9.92

What I got: 1 box of Q-tips, 1 bottle of laundry detergent, 3 containers of Pringles

 

Last, but not least, Ingles:

Price before coupons/discounts: $51.40

Price after coupons/discounts: $17.13

Total savings: $34.27

What I got: 4 cans of corn, 4 cans of green beans, 4 boxes (76 tubes total) powdered drink mix, bottle of mustard, 2 packages of hot dogs, 1 bottle of BBQ sauce, 1 package of napkins, 1 bottle of marinade, 2 packages of cheese

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!