The other night, Shopping Siren had an epiphany while watching the Olympic Winter Games. Snowboarding is fun. I know a lot of people feel that way. But I have always been of the opinion that strapping your feet to a board and hurling yourself down a mountain is a scary/dangerous/generally bad idea — when you […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Hanging with the Holiday Bargain Outlet
Looking for One Direction perfume? Or sweet deals on gourmet honey, fleece-lined rain boots and bottles of sparkling Perrier? Miss the shopping experience that was Caswell’s Liquidation Center? Well, welcome to the Holiday Bargain Outlet. Shopping Siren and Bag Lady started seeing commercials for the new discount shop on outer Main Street in Lewiston a […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Puppies, Tom Brady — life's little things
It’s happened again. Just as every January brings a glut of curbside Christmas trees and the delight that is International No Pants Day, it’s once again brought a bout of retail ennui for Bag Lady that’s best summed up as, shopping, eh. To be clear, by February, it, too, shall pass and I’ll be eagerly […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Kmart smart
Good news, everyone! Kmart is sticking around. At least the one in Auburn. At least for right now. Huzzah! Kmart is one of those places that’s easy to take for granted because it’s just always been there. Like your grandmother’s kitchen. But with less lemon cake and more Craftsman tool sets. So this week, Shopping […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: You say goodbye, I say hello
It’s time to bid goodbye to 2017, and there are lots of ways to do it. Farewell. Au revoir. Macsalaamo. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Shopping Siren is particularly fond of that last one. But it’s also the perfect time to say hello. To 2018! To a female Doctor Who! […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: These are a few of our Favorite Things
Just to put it out there, we’re not like Oprah in many, many ways — that’s a high fabulousity bar to set — but we, too, have Favorite Things. Things that make us laugh. Things that make us feel cozy. Things that make cleaning the toilet 95 percent less awful — and heck yeah, that’s […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Christmas Tree, oh Christmas Tree (Shops)
I don’t want to rub it in, but Bag Lady went to Christmas Tree Shops this week. There was sweet $10 off $50 savings. Bluetooth-enabled knit beanies. Vats of peanut butter mixed with dark chocolate. I know, I know. It still stings a bit that it’s not here in L-A. Despite our most fervent wishes […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Stick a fork in it
We’ll be perfectly honest: Bag Lady and Shopping Siren have never cooked squirrel. Never had the urge to until … well, no, we can’t say “now” because we still don’t have the urge. (Mostly we’d love a squirrel as a pet, not dinner.) But if we did, we could cook it, and we could cook […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: 'Stranger Things' things
For the longest time, Shopping Siren resisted the pull of “Stranger Things.” She didn’t have Netflix and didn’t feel inclined to get it just for one show. Even if everyone was raving about that one show. Even if Bag Lady was one of the people doing the raving. Eventually — read: last week — Shopping […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Farewell, Drapeau's
If you ever needed to dress like Big Bird — for whatever reason — chances are you went to Drapeau’s Costumes. Same for Santa suits and period theater costumes. That Star Trek convention you don’t talk about. And Halloween. Oh, so many Halloweens. Alas, soon no more. After more than 60 years of pantaloons […]