Back to school = more shopping

The kids are back in school, so that means I'm doing more grocery shopping!  Besides my trip to Penn-Dutch, here are a couple of other trips I did this week.

I went to ALDI as I usually do and got the usual stuff - dairy, bread, and produce.  Except I also stocked up on toilet paper.  Earlier in the week, it looked like Tropical Storm Isaac was headed this way, on the southeast Florida coast.  (It appears it will miss us directly, but we'll certainly get some wind and rain.)  I usually buy toilet paper on sale with coupons at the drug stores, but I was almost out, and you don't want to be out of toilet paper when there's a hurricane!  So I got some at ALDI.

Here's what I got there:


18 rolls toilet paper @ $6.99
2 gallons milk @ $2.99 = $5.98
1 cottage cheese @ $1.99
2 trays green peppers @ 99¢ = $1.98
2 apple juice concentrate @ 99¢ = $1.98
2 heads iceberg lettuce @ 89¢ = $1.78
1 3-lb apples @ $3.39
1 bunch tomatoes @ 99¢
2 whole wheat bread @ $1.29 = $2.58
1 sandwich bags @ $1.99
1 gallon bags @ $1.99
1 20-ct tortillas @ $1.99
1 garlic powder @ 99¢
1 5-lb all-purpose flour@ $1.72

Total product: $36.34
Tax: 66¢
Total out of pocket: $37.00

I also took a trip to buy chicken at the kosher supermarket.  And here is where I blow my budget for the week!  Kosher meat is very expensive.  So far, the price hasn't risen because of the drought in the Midwest, but I expect it to rise at some point. 

Here's what I got:

8.66 lb fresh whole chicken @ $2.69/lb = $23.32
3.95 lb chicken thighs @ $2.69/lb = $10.64
4.88 lb chicken cutlets @ $4.99/lb = $24.35

Total out of pocket: $58.31

(This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for more information.)