Please, on this fine Friday, come speculate with me. Since Bag Lady and Shopping Siren were so good about guessing which major retailer will be coming to Exit 80* in Lewiston, Bag Lady decided to take a crack this week at speculating who will be coming to the recently sold Promenade Mall. * OK, full […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Getting in the spirit
Good news: Halloween is Monday! Bad news: You probably have to work. Bag Lady and Shopping Siren feel your pain. Halloween is the best dress-up day of the year and the workplace is not usually conducive to dressing up. In that way. Ties or heels, yes. Gory clown makeup, no. (Really, no.) But an office […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Good to the Bone
One person clearly dominated the presidential debate last week. And he wasn’t even debating. Ken Bone, the audience member in the bright red sweater, black-framed rectangular glasses and perfect mustache, stole the show just by standing up. There was something about his name (Ken Bone), his appearance (“Kenneth Bone looks like the human version of […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Oh happy (Patrick Dempsey) days
There’s just something about Patrick Dempsey. Maybe it’s his smile. Or his charm. Or the approximately 11 billion romantic comedies he’s starred in. Or all of the above. It could definitely be all of the above. Either way, Shopping Siren knows that a certain demographic looks forward to Patrick Dempsey’s annual cancer center-fundraising trip to […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Me-ow, what a week
Clearly, it’s time for a truckload of kittens. At least in the metaphorical sense. As summer draws to a close (did I get to the beach enough?) and the kids head back to school (did I write their initials on everything?) and political tension boils over (have I left any fire and brimstone voice mails […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: I thee stranger wed
You cheer. You wince. And then you wonder: When is this fellow going to tell his brand new bride that he lives in a bus? Bag Lady and Shopping Siren are completely smitten with A&E’s “Married at First Sight.” Like, SMITTEN. Shopping Siren discovered the show last year and recommended it to BL, who then […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Adults lead the (back)pack
First, we adults took over coloring books. Then Pokemon. And now, apparently, backpacks. Woo! Take that, everyone under 10. Although I haven’t colored my way through a book in years and have only a passing knowledge of Pikachu — he is a Pokemon character, right? — it must be wonderful to indulge in the trappings […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Pineland market marvelous
There’s a lot we love about Maine. Down-to-earth people. An abundance of friendly wildlife, most of which won’t try to eat you. Water enough to kayak on/swim in/drink from, sometimes all at once. And, now, Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. For sure, Pineland’s been around for years, and although the 200-acre campus and 5,000-acre farms […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: One of those squirrely weeks
It’s the kind of week where you find a squirrel in your car, very belatedly celebrate Christmas, drive to Goodwill, kick yourself for not driving there sooner and celebrate. Well, in all fairness, around here we always find a reason to celebrate. Let’s get to it! Happy something to me! Bag Lady recently celebrated a milestone […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Picnic perfect
Bag Lady and Shopping Siren love white clothes in summer. On other people. Other very daring people. Personally, Shopping Siren hasn’t worn anything on the eggshell to old lace spectrum since the Great Ketchup Incident of 1998. After a 20-plus-year drought, Bag Lady bought a pair of white pants this spring and has worn them […]