The shopping ladies are on vacation this week, woo-hooing at pool boys, scouring outlets for deals and enjoying a few amazing reads. Or, Bag Lady and Shopping Siren are, right now, ignoring a mounting to-do list, wondering if the lawn needs to be mowed (when does neighbor-shaming kick in? When the grass is 4 inches? […]
bag lady
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Entertainment, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: From creme to kale
So you think you know someone — like, know them pretty darn well — and then you discover that they, too, hate coleslaw. Then it just reaffirms that, yes, you were totally meant to be friends. Such was the case for Bag Lady and Shopping Siren, who bonded all over again over their mutual slaw […]
advertisement
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: The bold, the bothered and the sleepless
There is no better way to pass 2:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. than with a ladybug in your smoke detector. The trick, I suppose, is not to figure out she’s there until 3:59 a.m., at which point you’re thoroughly wondering why your house hasn’t burned down already, because clearly, it wants to. That was our […]
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Americana chic perfect for Mother’s Day
The sign out front, off Center Street in Auburn, says Bear Necessities Primitives. Online, it’s referred to as The Bear Necessities and Old Farmhouse Primitives, a sort of two-in-one combo. Call it what you will. It’s Americana chic meets 1800s rustic, minus the risk of cholera. In a great way. Located in a converted home […]
Posted inEntertainment, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Generally speaking, two thumbs up
We were curious, like approximately 99.7 percent of the rest of Maine: What is this Dollar General that’s started popping up like the Easter bunny on a sugar high? (That 0.3 percent of the population being non-shoppers/non-inquisitive people. We don’t get them. At all.) Is Dollar General like Dollar Tree, where everything is a dollar? […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Reality bites: Amazing Race, Survivor, Down East Dickering
If Bag Lady were to go on a televised race around the world tethered to a stranger whom she was meeting for the first time as a blind date — “Hi America! This isn’t awkward at all!” — I would pack deodorant and mouthwash, naturally. Probably pajama pants for sleeping. (Bag Lady is endlessly modest.) […]
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Swimming against the tide
So we were, at one point last week, weighing whether to write about swimsuits or snow shovels. On the one hand, it’s a shovelly kind of month. On the other, if we have to look at/pick up/use another shovel, we might hurt someone. And call us crazy, but after bundling up to deal with approximately […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Bringing fanny back, thanking your plow driver
First, Bag Lady was going to write about the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife’s online store. Wait. They have an online store? They do! And they sell LED-lit fleece beanies, limited-edition wildlife prints and more official green-logo’d merch than you can shake a frozen snake at. So many possibilities. But then I was […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, bPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Hobby Lobby or bust
It’s a bit HomeGoods. A bit Michael’s. A bit Jo-Ann Fabric. A bit hide-your-wallet. Hobby Lobby is the sort of place that you could easily come in for a picture frame and walk out with $50 worth of Marvel Comics drawer pulls. In our inaugural trip through its shiny new doors, Bag Lady and Shopping […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, bPlus, Lewiston-Auburn
Bliss Thru Shopping: Revisiting local favorites from 2014
We love local stores. We love New Year’s resolutions much less. Er. This year, loathe even comes to mind. (Yes, we need to exercise more, eat better, organize, get more sleep, spend wisely and have more fun. Hopefully, in 2015 we’ll hit at least three of those six. Fingers and knickers crossed.) So instead of […]