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Bliss Thru Shopping: Let’s do lunch

When Shopping Siren was but a shopping girl, she loved the back-to-school season. Should she get the Trapper Keeper with a tiger on it or the one with a hot-air balloon? The blue pencil box or the red one? Fat markers or thin? It was a shopping girl’s dream. But as important as those school-supply […]

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Bliss Thru Shopping: Tick off

Shopping Siren used to love walking through the forest. It was serene there, surrounded by the chittering of small woodland creatures, the heavy scent of pine, the dappled light that played through the trees.  Then came the ticks. Now she finds parking lots serene. Or at least blood-sucker-free. Which is a kind of serenity, if […]

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Bliss Thru Shopping: 10 bucks or bust!

As longtime shopping devotees, Bag Lady and Shopping Siren know there are a handful of universal retail experiences. The triumph of exact change. Marshalling every stealth-ninja skill you have to surreptitiously peruse the checkout lane tabloids (WHAT? Ben and Jen are done?!). Wanting to throttle the person who was in the dressing room before you […]

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Bliss Thru Shopping: Geek chic

Shopping Siren is a geek.   There. Someone had to say it.   I am both a traditional geek (I get every science joke in “Big Bang Theory.” All. Of. Them.) and a nouveau geek (comes with a penchant for words like “nouveau.” Also, “penchant.”). It used to be embarrassing, this enthusiasm for things/ideas/entertainment that were less than popular. But now I […]

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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 […]