Editor’s note: Bag Lady and Shopping Siren have jetted off to Paris. Or they’re out sick. One of those. Bliss Thru Shopping has been postponed a week, but the ladies will be back next Friday with a new column. And, possibly, souvenirs.
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Bliss Thru Shopping: A knit bikini? Just say no
It’s June! Finally! Let’s kick up our heels, dust off our bikinis and get to it — it’s a retail mash-up. Marital honesty An actual conversation three weeks ago at the Bag House while watching an episode of “Survivor”: BL: “See how that woman’s bikini bottom is rouched up the back, along the seam of […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Willow or won’t we
There are things we love. Things we looooove. And things we appreciate with a cocked eyebrow and a noncommittal “hmm.” Like decorative rust. And Taylor Swift. Granted, when it comes to the former, it’s artistically draped rust, placed just so on a set of faux-distressed salt-and-pepper shakers or a created-last-week-to-look-ancient birdhouse. But still. In everyday […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Booking it
Tiny houses are a thing. A trendy thing. As in, you will see a family of five on HGTV eagerly house hunt and turn down one place because 500 square feet is too big. Seriously. It’s not a trend Shopping Siren ever understood. Then came Quiet City, a tiny bookstore nestled in the […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: All you are due
So, it turns out, the average Maine tax return will net $586 from the state this tax season. We are apparently not average in this way, our tax refunds being decidedly south of nearly $600. (By about $600.) But that doesn’t stop us from dreaming. And shopping. If you’re average — only for this, because […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: A retail love letter to Boaty McBoatface
Some weeks we draw column inspiration from our own lives. For instance if there’s a birthday gift or Valentine we need to shop for. Other weeks we take Bliss from our closets. Like, do we need sandals for spring? (And we do, so that’s coming, but not this week.) And sometimes we get our ideas […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Put a spork in it.
Before this week, Bag Lady could not have told you where to buy a Swedish-made spork in the Twin Cities. Had you asked, there would have been much hand-wringing, maybe the suggestion to try a Kentucky Fried Chicken drive-through, though undoubtedly those are not Swedish-born. Then I walked into Sports Authority’s soon-to-be closing Auburn store. […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Love and ice cream
There comes a time in every shopper’s life when one must stop and smell the roses. Or the rose-scented body wash. This week Bag Lady and Shopping Siren pause to reflect. Consider. Update. A retail roundup, if you will. Also, there’s ice cream. Or there will be ice cream. So maybe we’re really just stopping […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Pirates, prom and Broadway magic. Go!
It’s possible Shopping Siren has a touch of cabin fever. The presidential campaign fighting is getting to me. (Both parties, all candidates, any topic.) The mud is annoying. (Who thought I’d miss snow?) And my car is making a funny sort of ka-thunk, which turns road trips into rousing games of let’s-find-a-mechanic. (Aw, car.) It’s […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: On your mark, get set, Valentine’s Day!
So. Valentine’s Day is Sunday. We’re sure you knew that. We’re also sure you’re ready, what with the chocolates and roses and wine and reservations at a romantic restaurant and the two tickets to Cabo San Lucas you stashed in your sock drawer. You know, the things you got weeks ago in preparation for a […]