\!h ----- mini cart moving in header
http://blog.hqdipace.com/moving-mini-cart-anywhere-in-magento/
<block type="checkout/cart_sidebar" name="cart_sidebar" template="checkout/cart/sidebar.phtml" before="-">
<action method="addItemRender"><type>simple</type><block>checkout/cart_item_renderer</block><template>checkout/cart/sidebar/default.phtml</template></action>
<action method="addItemRender"><type>grouped</type><block>checkout/cart_item_renderer_grouped</block><template>checkout/cart/sidebar/default.phtml</template></action>
<action method="addItemRender"><type>configurable</type><block>checkout/cart_item_renderer_configurable</block><template>checkout/cart/sidebar/default.phtml</template></action>
</block>
2) Open up app\design\frontend\default\default\layout\page.xml (assuming you are using the default design or didn’t create a new page.xml file in your own templates)
Find the code :
<block type="page/html_header" name="header" as="header">
<block type="page/html_header" name="header" as="header"> //near line 58
3) Now, go to app\design\frontend\default\default\template\page\html\header.phtml and add the code:
//place this where ever you want the cart to show up.
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('cart_sidebar'); ?>