Blonde Ambition

I’m always looking for ways to save money. Well, as long as it doesn’t require a lot of effort.

I’ve never been one to clip coupons. The few times I’ve tried it, I didn’t have a very orderly system in place to use them. Often, I would find myslef buying the product that I had a coupon for, and never using the coupon.

Organization isn’t one of my strengths.

Another issue I have with cutting coupons is that I would usually have to buy a newspaper to get the coupons. So we have the price of the newspaper plus the amount I didn’t save because I didn’t use the coupons…the way I figure it, my little venture into coupon-ing actually cost me money.

Then, I discovered shortcuts.com — it’s an online coupon…thingy.

You know those handy dandy little savings cards that the grocery store gives you? The ones that make you a “member” and also make you wonder — if they give these cards out to everybody and their mother, why don’t they just lower the stupid price of the groceries across the board instead of making you use the card?

Anyway, what shortcuts.com does is adds coupons directly to that card so when you check out, the coupon is automatically deducted from your total. No more cutting coupons, no more sorting coupons, no more forgetting your coupon stash at home, and no more embarrassment over trying to use an expired coupon. (Yeah, I’ve done that, too.)

You just log in, click on the coupons you’ll use and voila! Instant savings.

They will send a newsletter to your email when you sign up which is packed with money saving (and time saving) tips. And their website has a place where you can make a shopping list…inluding the coupons you have available on your card.

Pretty handy, huh?

It is affiliated with fourteen different grocery stores:

Kroger
Ralph’s
Gerbes
QFC (Quality Food Centers)
Hilander
Smith’s
Bakers
King Soopers
City market
PayLess
Jay C
Dillons
Owen’s and
Fry’s

Check it out and save on groceries.