Your next order will always be your first order from now. Not the second.

Have you seen the green bars that are on the top, when you view your shopping cart?

The volume discount has 2 steps.
1) Minimum $34 in cart for  the $7 discount
2) Minimum $44 in cart for  the $9 discount
So get the value of your carts to only slightly exceed $34 or $44