My shopping trips- 2 weeks worth

We have some family coming in town for about 4 days and I will have 4 adult mouths to feed and 2 toddlers... double what I am used to! They will be with us tomorrow through Monday. I will miss my usual Friday shopping trip since their visit falls within that time and I want to be spending as much time with family as I can! So as I was preparing and doing my shopping I decided that I would just shop for 2 weeks (ish) this time and see how it goes. Here are my trips:

Aldi:
I made 2 trips, 1 on Saturday (for this week) and one today for this week and next. That is why some of the prices will not match up with this week's ad

• Frozen Curly Fries (this is what you get when the husband goes shopping with you)=1.59
• Cream Cheese-.99
• Flour-1.70
• 2 bags of baby carrots=1.98
• 3 cucumbers=1.77
• 1 tub of red grapes=2.68 (this was on saturday)
• 1 tub of green grapes=1.98 (this was today!)
• 1 tub of grape tomatoes=.99
  
• 1 package of roma tomatoes=1.29
• 1 package of regular tomatoes=.99
• 2 cans of cream of mush soup=.98
• 2 cans of cream of chick soup=.98
• 1 bag of tortilla chips=.99
• 1 lemon=.39
• 1 bottle of canola oil=2.79
• 1 pint of blueberries=1.99
• 1 tub of strawberries=.99
• 7 bananas=1.07
• 1 10 lb. bag of russet potatoes=3.49
• 3 cans of diced tomatoes=1.35
• 1 can of Aldi brand rotel=.49
• 1 bottle of Ketchup=1.15

=37.24 with tax

Dillons:
I also took 2 trips- One on Saturday and one today so some prices are from the sales last week

• 2 coffee mate creamers at 2.23/1=4.46- 2 .50/1 coupons doubled to $1 =2.46 for both
• 1 kroger half and half on MS for .50
• 2 tubs of Carol budding lunch meat at 2/1=4.00 - 1/2 coupon =3.00 for both
• 1 Dillons cracked wheat bread on MS=.69
• 2 bags of Kroger shredded cheese at 1.68/1=3.36
• 1 bar of Kroger cheese=1.68
• 1 yoplait kids yogurt=2.50-.50/1 coupon doubled=1.50
• 2 packages of sterling silver ground beef marked at 1.99/lb=5.42-1/$5 meat purchase at Dillons=4.42 (I made sure that both packs combined totaled around 3 lbs so I can freeze it individually
• 2 Friskies cat treats at 1.69/1=3.38- 2 FREE coupons= FREE
• 2 gallons of Dillon's milk=5.98
• 2 4packs of Pillsbury crescent rolls =2.00- 2 .35/1 coupons doubled =.60 for both!
• 2 5 ct rolls of Pillsbury Cinnamon rolls=2.00- .35/1 coupons doubled=.60 for both!
• 2 Pillsbury breadsticks=2.00-.30/1 coupons doubled=.70 for both!
• 1 Pillsbury pizza dough=1.00-.50/1 coupon doulbed=FREE!
• 1 bag of oranges on MS for 2.49 (these are usually 5.99 a bag)
• 1 bag of mixed fruit on MS for 2.49 (these are usually 4.99a bag I think) I was also able to use a 1/$3 fruit purchse coupon from Dillons for purchasing these 2 bags... so I got both bags for 3.98!
  
• 2 Crest toothpastes=2.00- 2 .75/1 coupons doubled= FREE!

Total for both trips= 34.06 (including tax) I saved a total of about 52%! Don't forget to get your Pillsbury rolls too... make sure you use the widgets on this site to print off coupons- thanks!

Hy-Vee:
1 trip but 2 transactions so I could use my 5/next purchase catalina I knew I would get for purchasing 10 General Mills items:

• 2 packs of Farmland Bacon for 1.49/1=2.98 for both! (I guess they ran out of corn king which is advertised at this price so they substituted Farmland- what a steel!
• 1 24 oz tub of cottage cheese=1.38
• 1 bunch of green lettuce=1.00
• 1 stalk of Dole celery=1.00
• 1 bag of Dole salad mix=1.00-.50/1 coupon=.50
• 10 microwavable cups of Hamburger Helper on sale 10/8. These were apart of the buy 10 get $5 catalina deal. They were $8 and I used 3 1.10/3 coupons from the coupon widgets on this site=4.70 and got back $5 catalina so FREE+ .30! Thanks to my friend H who told me about this great deal!
  
• 2 Pillsbury brownie mixes =2.00- 1/2 coupon=1.00 for both!
• 1 Pillsbury cake mix=.88
• 2 cartons of dozen eggs=1.98
• 14 ct. bag of boxed raisins=1.98

total after coupons and catalina= 16.27 including tax

So the total for all trips was 87.57. Remember I am shopping for 2 weeks on this (hopefully) and my weekly budget is $40/week... so only $7ish over and I am feeding double the amount of people for 4 days... pretty good I say!

I will be sure to post what my menu plan is for this week and next come Monday!