It happens every January like clockwork. Bag Lady starts to suffer from LSD, low shopping drive. The symptoms: General retail malaise. Diminished surplus funds. Zero entice-ability. A 30 percent off Kohl’s coupon that arrived in the mail last week didn’t even make me consider for one second going into the store or hopping online. I […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Exit 80 dreamin’
So, we have several questions keeping us up at night. Why is everyone so excited about “Making a Murderer?” Why is the neighbor target practicing at all hours? And what the heck is going in at Exit 80? The last, at least, we can dig our retail-happy hooks into. Since news broke last month that […]
Bliss Thru Shopping: Counting the days
Shopping Siren can sum up her love of the New Year in one word: Calendars. Do I want my 2016 to be rough and tumble with puppies or cute and sweet with flower gardens? Do I want to laugh every day or learn something new? Should I geek out with superheros or go zen with […]
Bliss Thru Shopping: Your Maine (Wo)man
Bag Lady loves shopping. I mean, that much we know. But what I adore even more is shopping discovery: Supporting local talent and craftsmen. Stumbling onto some heretofore undiscovered retailer. Or finding out, for instance, a Maine-made $7,000 covered-in-Swarovski-crystals-quilt actually exists. Because it does. Give a little Maine this month with holiday ideas for you, […]
Bliss Thru Shopping: Cup o’ joy
We weren’t sure what to make of the caffeinated madness that roiled last week when Starbucks unveiled its new holiday coffee cup to immediate scorn. ONLY red and green? How dare they! Bag Lady and Shopping Siren were both fairly convinced it was going to be revealed as a fake-news story from The Onion. But, […]
Bliss Thru Shopping: Got your back
It’s official: Shopping Siren is getting old. I hurt my back. Doing nothing. Well, that’s not true. I was sitting on the floor. And then I got up. Which is, technically, doing something, but not something that should lead to a weeklong backache. If I had been, you know, executing a stunning double-back-handspring while warding […]
Bliss Thru Shopping: The best of boot worlds
After a lifetime in Maine, what with the snow and ice and cold and need to look stylish through it all, Bag Lady and Shopping Siren have honed a working definition of a great boot: It looks good with at least half a dozen outfits. It keeps your feet dry in an inch of snow. […]
Bliss Thru Shopping: Cup size. Halloween. True bargains. It’s a mash-up!
T.J.Maxx needs to gloat more. James Bond, apparently, loves chicken fingers. And you, my friend, need a costume. It’s a retail mash-up! To Go. Mr. To Go. So Bag Lady has had these assorted dining/shopping-related tidbits rattling around in her brain for months, and when said number of tidbits reached three, she knew it was […]
Bliss Thru Shopping: Everybody loves Amy
Bag Lady and Shopping Siren heart (EXTRA LARGE HEART) Amy Poehler. And we’re hardly alone. The actress/comedian/author is funny, talented, relatable, and homegirl is everywhere right now. Earlier this year, Poehler wrapped up an amazing seven-year run on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.” (Ben plus Leslie 4 eva!) This summer she starred in “Inside Out” and […]
Bliss Thru Shopping: Two’s company
First runner-up Miss Virginia. American Pharoah, this last time. Dreamy Jimmy Garoppolo, the man who would have been New England Patriots quarterback this week if Tom Brady had stayed deflategated. There’s something to be said for the No. 2 spot. Namely, it’s not so bad. You’re so close to No. 1! Keep striving! You’re handsome […]