Coupons online - no scissors in sight

Clipping coupons from the glossy supplements crammed into Sunday morning papers is a weekend ritual for many cost-conscious shoppers.

But more often than not, these flimsy cutouts get tucked away in drawers or lost in cluttered purses, long before many consumers get to the checkout line. Most often, the coupons available in a given week are purely promotions for new products, not for the everyday items that people want.

With the Internet boom, many Web sites are offering the opportunity to print out your own coupons - for the items you want.

A few of the best sites are:

*www.couponpages.com

*www.coolsavings.com