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Office Depot has decent deal on a desktop computer.

It's an emachines with 256 MB memory and an 80 gigabyte harddrive that lets you burn CDs or DVDs. Also comes with a printer. All for $400 (after mail-in rebates). Regular $750.

New clubs for Christmas? Congrats.

Now all you need is a good deal on golf balls and you'll be set.

Dick's Sporting Goods has Slazenger "raw distance" and MC Lady 12-packs for $9.99 (regular $19.99).

And the winner is...Haw River.

The Flying J off Interstate 40/85 (exit 150) has it for $2.08 a gallon, according to greensborogasprices.com.

Southern Family Markets has six-packs of Pepsi for $1 (10 to $10).

You can also get diet caffeine-free Pepsi, diet Mountain Dew, diet caffeine-free Mountain Dew or Pepsi One.

Offer ends Tuesday.

After sleeping in this weekend, you want to do something else fun: start off the day with a killer breakfast.

Pancakes. Strike that. Make that blueberry pancakes. Now we're talking.

Harris Teeter has a buy one, get one free deal on 4.4-oz. packages of blueberries (Regular $4 each).

Best Buy has some pretty good deals on video games.

Call of Duty 2, a WW2 first-person shooter game that has received solid reviews, is $39.99 for the Gamecube, Xbox and PS2. Regular $49.99. Still a chunk of change. But worth it.

Same with Battlefield 2, a modern-day, first-person shooter combat game I've played. Love it. Online play is just plain cool. That's also $39.99 at Best Buy.

I mention some other deals at Best Buy on my podcast GameBuzz, which you can listen to here using your portable mp3 player or your desktop. We also talk about a new car equipped with an Xbox 360. Just think of the possibilities.

The all-star GameBuzz crew
featuring Katie Reetz, Louis Bekoe (left)
and Mike Fuchs.

Hey, your dog can only eat so much off the carpet. You'll need something more to pick up all those potato chips, pretzels and peanuts your friends left behind while watching this weekend's NFL playoff games.

Big Lots has the Dirt Devil 12-amp swivel glide vacuum on sale for $39.99 (regular $59.99).

I've looked around and can't find anything better, although I'm not familiar with the brand.

What I'm talking about is CompUSA's sale on an Olevia 26-inch widescreen LCD HD-ready TV for $500 after mail-in rebate (regular $900).

Might be worth checking out at least because it's received pretty good customer reviews so far at CNET, a Web site that reviews products and prices.

Sale ends Saturday.

Now you can really crank up the tunes on your PC.

Circuit City has a deal on a Creative Labs' 80-watt speaker system for $40 after mail-in rebates (regular $80).

Sale ends Saturday.

It's back. The mother of all coupon books that is.

You might want to check out the 320-page "Attractions Dining & Value Guide" featuring hundreds of buy 1, get 1 free deals and other bargains at area restaurants and stores.

Harris Teeter has rotisserie chickens for $3.99 (regular $4.99).

Half-price deals on women's and men's boots at Sears.

Women's Apostrophe ankle boots are $25 and men's Canyon River Blues hikers are $30.

Harris Teeter has tuna steak or red snapper on sale for $5 a pound. Regular prices are at least $12 a pound.

We spent part of my last GameBuzz podcast talking about how it might be a good time to grab some oldies but goodies to tie you over the dry spell (the pace of video game releases has slowed lately).

Hi-Tech Game Centre off Battleground Avenue in Greensboro has a couple of good deals on some solid shooter games for the Xbox and Playstation 2.

Herb Everett writes about an article that shows how you can save $1,000 on groceries.

Now, what to do with all that extra money.

Cheapstingybargains mentions a bargain on a bread maker as one of its top deals.

Amazon.com has the Breadman TR2200C Ultimate Bread Machine at half-price for $71. Shipping is free.

Step away from the scale. Enough with that I'm on a diet crap. We're talking hotcakes, baby. All you can eat.

At Tex & Shirley's in Greensboro, you can eat your fill of buttermilk pancakes for $2.19 on Wednesdays.

Store's at the Friendly Center in Greensboro.

The deal is good during the restaurant's hours (6 a.m. to 9-9:30 p.m.)

A Chicago Tribune piece we ran in today's life section offers savings tips amid rising food prices.

Here's a bargain that will hopefully help you keep the doc at bay and your wallet in good shape.

Food Lion has a buy one, get one free deal on 5-pound bags of "Red Delicious" apples for $4.59.

Deal expires Tuesday.

The best price for gas in the Triad area is $2.24 per gallon sold by the Costco off Wendover Avenue in Greensboro, according to gasbuddy.com

Not a member? Second best price is $2.25 a gallon at a Hess station off North Main Street in High Point.

All guys need at least one suit hanging in the closet for weddings, funerals, traffic court.

Cairo.com spotted this deal at Kohl's - save 50 percent on its entire stock of suit separates for men.

Sale ends today.

Best Buy has 50-packs of DVD-R and DVD+R discs for $15 (regular $40).

Don't forget about that certain someone's birthday, although she might have said something like "oh, you don't need to get me anything."

Ah, whatever.

Fine jewelry usually works. And when it's on sale? Hey, I won't tell.

Cairo.com, which keeps tabs on store deals, calls Kmart's 70-percent off sale on fine jewelry one of this week's "hot deals."

Sale ends Saturday.

Office Depot has a buy 1, get 1 free deal on photo paper ($9 to $50 per pack).

Sale ends Saturday.

This just might work for the big game.

Best Buy has an RCA 52-inch widescreen rear-projection monitor on sale for $850 (regular $1,000).

Don't know much about this particular model quality-wise, so wouldn't hurt to do a little research before taking the plunge.

Target has a Lexmark color inkjet printer on sale for $18 (regular $25).

Deal expires Saturday.

It seems pens are never around when you need them.

This might do the trick - Hunter and Gather Online, which tracks stuff for guys, mentions a $6 pen that can fit in your wallet as something that could come in handy. Lifetime guarantee.

A battle for your wallet is starting to brew in Greensboro's New Garden Road area.

Exhibit A: The other day while shopping in Lowes Foods I received a voucher. Says save $10 off your purchase of $35 or more this Wednesday until Feb. 7.

I wonder why Lowes is suddenly enticing me to continue shopping there?

Hey, you're hosting the Super Bowl, not "Dancing with the Stars," so put that girly-man TV to the curb.

Time to upgrade.

Circuit City has a Philips 60-inch high-definition built-in CRT projection TV for $1,200 (regular $1,800), beating some of the other stores' prices by a wide margain.

Sale ends Saturday.

You blew all of your money on a big-screen TV to watch the game with your buds and just plain forgot to squirrel something away for Valentine's Day.

She'll understand.

If not, jewelry's an option.

Cairo.com, which monitors store ads, mentions Sears' sale on a 2-carat (total weight) diamond heart pendant as a "hot deal." It's $300. (Regular $800.)

Deal ends Saturday.

Compusa has an Emachines desktop computer including a 17-inch flast screen monitor for $200 after rebates. (Regular $400). Sale ends Saturday.