Savings Update 3 Grocery Trips Later

I have been a little behind on posting my savings for the past three grocery trips. I have three receipts to tally up. The total savings and breakdown is as follows:

Last Grocery Trip in March:
Weekly Specials: $8.79
Coupons: $5.30
Total: $14.09

First Grocery Trip of April: (not a big spending trip)
Weekly Specials: $1.37

Second Grocery Trip of April:
Weekly Specials: $6.89
Coupons: $12.79
Total: $19.66

The grand total of savings of these three trips:
Weekly Specials: $17.05
Coupons: $18.09
Total: $35.14

And now for the grand total year to date.....

Weekly Specials: $57.35
Coupons: $63.29

Total Savings: $120.64

Not to shabby for the first part of the year. As I get better at organizing my coupons and weekly specials the savings can only increase!

Grocery Trip # 3 of February

Third grocery trip of February I spent $118.08 at Giant Eagle. With foodperks I saved $11.47, $10.76 with daily specials and $18.20 with coupons. Total for this trip is $40.43.

February Savings: $28.45 in Daily Specials, $11.47 in foodperks, and $33.70 in coupons.

Total Savings YTD: $73.62

Coupon Book Savings!

I meant to start tracking my savings with my new coupon book at the beginning of the year but January fell by the wayside. It is now February and I have finished my first shopping trip and have decided to start tracking from today on!

Today I went to Giant Eagle, spent $94.44, saved $9.46 with weekly specials and $9.50 with coupons. So today I save a total of $18.96.  Not as good as some seasoned pro coupon savers but $18.96 is a couple of lunches or a new shirt or one of my credit card payments!

Coupon Book

I decided the other day that I would try the coupon binders I have been seeing out there on other blogs. Women have been promoting them and giving them the thumbs up when it comes to savings.

So I found an old binder and bought some plastic sleeves and wallah! 

It cost me around $5 to put together, filled it with coupons and let hope it pays for itself!