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: Back next week!
The shopping ladies are on vacation this week, woo-hooing at pool boys, scouring outlets for deals and enjoying a few amazing reads. Or, Bag Lady and Shopping Siren are, right now, ignoring a mounting to-do list, wondering if the lawn needs to be mowed (when does neighbor-shaming kick in? When the grass is 4 inches? […]
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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: From creme to kale
So you think you know someone — like, know them pretty darn well — and then you discover that they, too, hate coleslaw. Then it just reaffirms that, yes, you were totally meant to be friends. Such was the case for Bag Lady and Shopping Siren, who bonded all over again over their mutual slaw […]
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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 […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Clean and clear (coat)
Shopping Siren’s car is red. Probably. To the best of anyone’s recollection. At the moment it’s mostly grayish-white. You know, like your car. And your neighbor’s car. And the cars of all your friends and co-workers and everyone behind, beside or in front of you in traffic, in perpetuity. Because it’s been that kind of […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Generally speaking, two thumbs up
We were curious, like approximately 99.7 percent of the rest of Maine: What is this Dollar General that’s started popping up like the Easter bunny on a sugar high? (That 0.3 percent of the population being non-shoppers/non-inquisitive people. We don’t get them. At all.) Is Dollar General like Dollar Tree, where everything is a dollar? […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Top seeded
Shopping Siren nearly swooned last weekend. Swooned. Like a Victorian maiden who had just seen her fair love return from war. Except I was watching a preseason Red Sox game. And instead of my fair love, I saw grass. I had nearly forgotten such a thing existed. But there it was, glorious in its […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Swimming against the tide
So we were, at one point last week, weighing whether to write about swimsuits or snow shovels. On the one hand, it’s a shovelly kind of month. On the other, if we have to look at/pick up/use another shovel, we might hurt someone. And call us crazy, but after bundling up to deal with approximately […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Hobby Lobby or bust
It’s a bit HomeGoods. A bit Michael’s. A bit Jo-Ann Fabric. A bit hide-your-wallet. Hobby Lobby is the sort of place that you could easily come in for a picture frame and walk out with $50 worth of Marvel Comics drawer pulls. In our inaugural trip through its shiny new doors, Bag Lady and Shopping […]