‘Fess up: do you love checking out celebrities’ outfits as much as I do?

Do you spend too much on magazines just to check out the pretty pictures?

Here’s how to save money on mags: check out these great web sites instead.

According to The Chicago Tribune:

Shoe wardrobe’s magic number: 5

I can’t say I agree with them, but it’s still worth a read.

Via ShoeSense

Fraud is, quite seriously, eBay’s #1 best-selling item. Almost everyone I know has been defrauded on eBay at least once.

So, in the name of helping you avoid eBay scams, here are the cons I’ve fallen for, and some tips to help you avoid being tricked yourself.

Spotlight have the following offer on at the moment:

Buy your dressmaking patterns now.

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McCalls, Butterick and Vogue - ALL THREE BRANDS ONE LOW PRICE! VIPs $4.95 each
Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 March ONLY

You have to be a member of their ‘VIP club’ to get it, but the club is free to join and they don’t spam you too much. If you’re not a member already and you want to take advantage…

Whatever happened to generous portion sizes? We went to a restaurant in Newtown called Oscillate Wildly last night for a friend’s birthday, and left wondering where the rest of the food was.

I found the food excellent (except there was so little of it), but Mr Bargain Queen decided his was inedible and ate nothing all night. This meant that, by eating both Mr Bargain Queen’s and my food, I felt pleasantly just-full at the end of…

Another great special: Lancome Juicy Tubes for AU$19 at Fresh fragrances and cosmetics.

Via saleguide.com.au

In The Bargain Queen’s email this morning, a Qantas sale for flights within Australia:

The Go Australia! Sale

• seats on sale until Tuesday 21 March 2006 or until sold out
• one-way economy specials are valid for travel 2 May to 30 June 2006

Canberra to Melbourne from $78*
Hobart to Sydney from $139*
Sydney to Brisbane from $79*
Cairns to Sydney from $154*
Melbourne to Adelaide from $79*
Darwin to Sydney from $194*
Brisbane to Melbourne from $110*
Perth to Melbourne from $199*
Adelaide to Sydney from…

The Bargain Queen owes her readers an apology. The other day, I blogged about $1,000 handbags, wrote pretty poorly on the subject, and Rebecca was rightly offended.

While the intended message was “if you can afford expensive things, make sure you’ll get value from them by wearing them to death”, this is what was actually said:

This is a great lesson to remember when you’re out shopping: if you stick with classic things that you love, you…

Hoyts cinemas currently have two great specials running:

• $8.50 tickets for all movies on Mondays and Tuesdays
• $10 tickets Wednesday-Sunday, if you book your tickets online

Looks like Mr Bargain Queen can afford to take The Bargain Queen on a date or two this month…

Markets can be a great place to find cheap clothes, food, presents and a whole lot of other things too. The best guide to the markets around Sydney The Bargain Queen has found is this one on UrbanBoheme. (There’s also a Melbourne market guide too.)

The Bargain Queen’s favourite markets around Sydney are:

• Glebe markets
• Balmain markets
• Paddy’s fruit market
• Sydney fish market
• The Rocks market, where The Bargain Queen’s brother-in-law sells his super-funky lamps

The Bargain Queen has no idea why so…