Find a Bargain

Looking for a bargain? On a budget? Aren't we all! There are some good websites and blogs out there to help you stretch your money.

Homes and Bargains is one such site - http://www.homesandbargains.co.uk/ . Subtitled Luxury Living For Less, it offers a guide to finding quality goods at discounted prices. It has a Bargain Directory that lets you choose home bargains by category, or you can shop by area.

It also features a Shop of the Week, this week it is Flogit4u - http://www.flogit4u.com/ an auction site that will sell almost anything for you, saving you the time and hassle. There are some good bargains to be had, designer kitchens in particular.

Another good offering is Where Are The Sales, an online diary of upcoming events and sales that will bag you a bargain. Excellent resource!

One of the site's contributors is Alison Cork, an interior design consultant. She also has her own blog - http://www.alisoncork.com/ called The Really Useful Blog, which is full of tips, information, problem solving and money saving advice. Check it out.

Of course, the biggest resource for bargain hunting must be EBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/ . Here you can find almost anything, sometimes it doesn't look too hopeful, but the next time you check you might find the very item you have been looking everywhere for. There are traders on the site, but the best bargains often come from private sales, people passing on what they no longer want or bought in error. It can be quite addictive.