We love JC Penney. There. We said it. No takesies backsies. Bag Lady and Shopping Siren know the retailer probably isn’t so popular anymore, what with all the other online options out there. But we aren’t shy about expressing our affection for the store that has, over the years, brought us our favorite sunglasses ever, […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: TP or not TP: The toilet paper challenge
There’s a single, fundamental issue we can all agree on this Inauguration Day: toilet paper. As in, it’s good. And important. And you don’t realize how desperately you need it until it’s gone. And that not just any toilet paper will do. There’s awfulness out there and now is not the time to stand, er, […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: We’re Marking a list and checking it twice
So. Christmas is Sunday. We’re speaking to you, last-minute shopper. And also to you, Mark LaFlamme. Bag Lady and Shopping Siren still remember when Sun Journal’s intrepid crime reporter would bug out of work 10 minutes to midnight on Christmas Eve, sprinting to the local Rite-Aid or gas station to pick up something for his […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Sweet ride
Shopping Siren has never gotten a car for Christmas. No waking up to gently wafting snow and my model/millionaire husband presenting me the keys to my new luxury SUV in a Tiffany-blue gift box. No surprise sports car magically showing up in the driveway, topped by a gigantic red bow and the tag “From Santa.” […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Black Friday is upon us!
IT’S BLACK FRIDAY! You know, in case you somehow missed that. Maybe you got up before dawn today to score a Hatchimal. Or maybe you’re just getting up now at 10 a.m. to eat piping-hot French toast with cranberry compote (and, if that’s the case, high-five to you, Mr. or Ms. Doing It Right.) Either […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Getting in the spirit
Good news: Halloween is Monday! Bad news: You probably have to work. Bag Lady and Shopping Siren feel your pain. Halloween is the best dress-up day of the year and the workplace is not usually conducive to dressing up. In that way. Ties or heels, yes. Gory clown makeup, no. (Really, no.) But an office […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Good to the Bone
One person clearly dominated the presidential debate last week. And he wasn’t even debating. Ken Bone, the audience member in the bright red sweater, black-framed rectangular glasses and perfect mustache, stole the show just by standing up. There was something about his name (Ken Bone), his appearance (“Kenneth Bone looks like the human version of […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Oh happy (Patrick Dempsey) days
There’s just something about Patrick Dempsey. Maybe it’s his smile. Or his charm. Or the approximately 11 billion romantic comedies he’s starred in. Or all of the above. It could definitely be all of the above. Either way, Shopping Siren knows that a certain demographic looks forward to Patrick Dempsey’s annual cancer center-fundraising trip to […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: That’s the spirit
There are a lot of things we miss about our college days. The friendships. The freedom. The classes. The ability to shop for ALL THE THINGS in our college bookstore. Who has the Fighting Raspberry spirit? We do, we do! Um, still. And all through our closets. Those college T-shirts, sweatshirts and baseball caps have […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: I thee stranger wed
You cheer. You wince. And then you wonder: When is this fellow going to tell his brand new bride that he lives in a bus? Bag Lady and Shopping Siren are completely smitten with A&E’s “Married at First Sight.” Like, SMITTEN. Shopping Siren discovered the show last year and recommended it to BL, who then […]