The Bargain Queen is posting a little less than usual this week because:

1. She’s working on some technical stuff (new domain name, new hosting and a switch to Wordpress) to make this blog even better.
2. She’s setting up a second blog because she’s addicted to fashion coverage and wants to blog about it, and…
3. Her offline life is hectic. She’s had to organise the mother of all fire inspections tomorrow, which meant consulting owners, tenants, the local Council,…

Want to pick up a great bargain on eBay? Sean Blanda from College V2 says these things sell for far less on eBay than they do retail:

If you’d like a Prada handbag for under $50, Amazon.com have this Prada Women’s Rectangle Nylon Handbag for US$49.89:

…or this Prada Women’s Small Rectangle Nylon Handbag, also for US$49.89…

These are likely to sell quickly, so if you’re interested, grab them while you can!

If you’re new to looking fabulous on a budget, Frugal For Life has some great tips:

1. Buy quality
2. Shop sales
3. Buy classics
4. Buy secondhand
5. Buy look-alikes
6. Swap clothes with others
7. Budget your wardrobe
8. Choose versatile pieces
9. Less really is more
10. Accessorise

You can read all the details over here.

Style Space has some great tips on how to op shop (which is what Aussies call thrift shopping), including:

Don’t be deterred by different sizes
Sometimes garments in op shops can be decades old, which means the sizing system of the garments is inconsistent with current sizing. Don’t dismiss something just because it’s not labelled in your size, or even because it doesn’t have a size tag at all. Just try it on!

There are also some of The Bargain…

She says from unblague writes:

Ladies and gents, if you are looking for a bargain, here is a list of sites where you can almost always find something interesting for a good price.

• For shoes: Shoemall
• For shoes, clothes, outdoor equipment and so much more: Sierra Trading Post and Burlington Coat Factory
• For more clothes, click the “bargain” section of Old Navy
• For all of the above and then some, try eBay or Goodwill or Overstock.com
• For kids’ gifts, bags and other stuff: Lillian Vernon

And…

If you’d like to save money on your grocery bills, it helps to shop around — especially for ‘exotic’ or specialty ingredients.

Here’s where you’ll find the best deals on some common grocery items.

The Bargain Queen has a confession to make: she’s a closet geek. She lusts after the latest hot gadgets just as fervently than she does pretty shoes. She even occasionally convinces herself that buying something that allows her to, say, wirelessly stream mp3s to the speakers in the next room is way more practical than buying clothes, whose only functionality is keeping her warm and protecting her from public nudity.

Unfortunately, her tech budget is just…

The Bargain Queen was given this superb bunch of flowers, and it got her thinking about the good side of living in a tiny apartment. The flowers look enormous in our compact dining room/study, which gives the whole place a giant lift. We feel like we’re living pretty large with our home full of flowers and it’s only taken a single magnificent bunch to do it!

In a ‘luxury’ house, it doesn’t work like that. The…

Where can you get a 4-course gourmet banquet, including seafood, for 6 people, for $50 (apart from Pizza Hut, I mean)?

Look no further than your own kitchen! Itís the best place to put together a high-class, low-cost gourmet meal. Parking is free, tipping is not required, and thereís no corkage.

This week, with some much-needed help from The Bargain Queen, I prepared a Thai birthday banquet for my step-sister and a few assorted family members. Those…