I recently hosted the Carnivale of Couture, run by the super-fantastic shoe blogger Manolo — but I wasn’t really sure what I needed to do. Today I’ll share what I learnt along the way.

So if you’re a blogger and have thought about hosting the Carnivale of Couture but don’t know what to do, read on!

(Most of this advice is applicable to other blog carnivals as well. If you’d like to see which other festivals are out…

Today I’m very, very late to my own party. I hosted last week’s Carnivale of Couture, in which I asked:

What is your best-ever bargain? Where did you find it, how much was it and why is it your favourite?

Due to extreme technical difficulties I’ve taken a little while to post mine. But here they are! And no, I couldn’t narrow it down to just one…

Yesterday I showed off all the things I found amongst the ‘trash’ people put out for the Council to take. I’m thrilled with all the great things I got and the other scavengers I saw looked pleased with their finds too.

There is a serious side to it though. Everything that was put out and wasn’t snapped up is now in landfill. That’s fine if something’s broken beyond repair and has no reusable or recycleable parts,…

I’ve been spending some time catching up on the blogs I love after being off-line for so long! Here’s some highlights:

Why I hate fashion

Designer Ella on what she hates about fashion… I’m sure we’ve all felt that way when we need something specific (new work outfit, flattering evening wear, jeans that make your bum look fantastic) and the gods of fashion have decreed that noone wants that this year so not a single store stocks…

Regular readers of this blog might’ve noticed that it hasn’t been updated as often as usual for the last few weeks. For this, I want to apologise profusely and offer a brief explanation.

Long story short, we moved house last Wednesday but only got the phone connected today (thanks Telstra). We now have dial-up, but no DSL for another fortnight. Which means I can post here and update my del.icio.us categories again, finally, but is a bit…

J.D. from Get Rich Slowly has posted an excellent follow-up to The Bargain Queen’s post on FrugalForLife.

It’s called Lifestyle trade-offs: being frugal while having fun. If you’re interested in the frugality/budget conscious side of bargain hunting, go take a look!

The Bargain Queen has a guest post on FrugalForLife today. It’s called My Frugally Fashionable Life and it’s my attempt to show that frugality and fabulousness can mix. If you’re interested, go take a look!

For this week’s Carnivale of Couture, I asked…

What is your best-ever bargain? Where did you find it, how much was it and why is it your favourite?

…and the response has been phenomenal!

Here’s some more amazing bargains the Carnivale’s readers have found:

To finish off my first-ever Carnivale of Couture, here’s some amazing bargains submitted by the carnivale’s lovely participants.

Firstly, the fabulous people who posted pictures, because I LOVE pictures:

For this week’s Carnivale of Couture, I asked to hear about your best ever bargains. Here are some of the incredible bargains we’ve heard about already…