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Dillard's is offering a discount on jeans in exchange for donating a clean, used pair.

And if you throw in a humidor for good measure, what's not to like?

I'm talking about Thompson Cigar's deal on 25 cigars and a humidor for $39.95.

Impress your date.

Wow your significant other.

Save some money. (OK. We'll keep that part between us.)

Organizers call it the largest charitable flea market in the Southeast.

But for good reason.

Sam's Club on West Wendover Avenue in Greensboro has the cheapest gas in the Triad today, according to gasbuddies.com.

Cheap Seats restaurant off Westridge Road in Greensboro (behind Kohl's) is letting kids eat free on Wednesday nights.

Sorry, you don't pass for 12. Nice try though.

Breast envy?

Beats me.

But you can find out in a new book called "Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini."

Best deal I've seen on it is $10.48 at Barnes & Noble if you're a club member ($25 a year membership).

Otherwise it's $12.95, which is the same price at Borders.

Amazon.com sells it for $10.36. Shipping and handling (standard, or 3-5 business days) is an extra $3.99.

Can't decide where to eat?

Check out the "Taste of the Town" event featuring more than 50 restaurants.

An ice cream maker for $10? Get out of here.

No, it's true.

It's a three-way tie between Sam's Club, Costco and BP.

A month ago I blogged about Triad deals on Pizza. Joe Killian replied a Papa John's in Greensboro was tacking on a $1 delivery fee but wasn't sure why.

Well, it turns out it the delivery charge is now becoming the norm rather than the exception, thanks to rising gas prices.

Best Buy, Circuit City and Comp USA have deals on desktops with printers for $299 (after mail-in rebates).

Here are a few places you can take the kids to eat free in the Triad, according to Pinkandbluepages, a free guide for parents.

We've been suffering some serious gas price pains right now.

This will help a little - a really good deal on an oil and filter change.

I ran this deal by a meat-loving co-worker and she agreed that, holy meat deals Batman, this is a pretty good deal.

It's interesting what you can pick up at your local grocery store these days.

Take Bi-Lo, for instance.

So Fido swallows a golf ball or breaks a leg.

But taking your beloved pooch to the vet might also break your wallet.

Pet insurance to the rescue!

Anna (left) and Laika, both insured, are happy to report their owners have more money for dog treats.

Can you see me now?

We're trying to make it easier to spot our blogs and other Web bells and whistles on the home page.

That's why we added a tab called "Town Square" featuring blogs, citizen journalism efforts, forums and other wild and wacky stuff.

So you're not quite ready to fork out the bucks to buy an MP3 player despite all the hype.

Join the club.

But there's still a way you can listen to your music on the go and on the cheap.

Yep.

CompUSA has D-Link 802.11B wireless PC cards for notebooks for $4.99 (after $13 mail-in rebate).

Eight gas stations have the lowest gas prices in the Triad this morning.

Hey, I don't say that about all kitchen appliances.

This one is special. Come here, you.

Gas prices starving your wallet?

At least you can stretch the few dollars you have left over on some frozen dinners. Living large, man, that's what I'm talking about.

If you haven't already, give Michelina's frozen dinners a shot.

Too young to drink and the fake ID ain't fooling anybody.

Not to worry. There's still plenty of stuff to do at bargain rates for the financially-challenged.

The Darkwatch video game, a western-style first-person shooter involving vampires, is a lot of fun.

But it can also be addictive.

So to those of you out there who refuse to buy a video game console because you're afraid you'll lose your self-control, quit your job and become a video game recluse (I've actually had conversations with people who swear this will happen), it's probably a good idea to exit this blog, splash some cold holy water on your face and shake off the urges.

Gone yet? Good.

The mega pizza delivery chains have some good deals now and then, but it's tough to match what one local pizzeria has to offer in the Triad.

Target has 600-minute phone cards on sale for $18. That makes it 3 cents per minute.

Is $2.44 a gallon, according to greensborogasprices.com

Katrina's ripple effect on gas prices is not widespread just yet in the Triad, although there was at least one televised report of a gas station station in Alamance County raising its price by 20 cents overnight.

No surprise, but it didn't long before you saw gas prices throughout the Triad climb just like everywhere else.