Bliss Thru Shopping

Bliss Thru Shopping: Back next week

Alas, it wasn't meant to be. Yet. The Bag Lady and Shopping Siren fully intended to start a virtual road trip to Bethel this week, but a virtual flat tire got in the way. The ladies will be back next week. In the meantime, Happy Memorial Day and happy shopping!

Bliss Thru Shopping: We commence with fabulous gifts for the graduates

It can't be true, clearly. Shopping Siren is far too lithe and limber to have a nephew old enough to graduate from high school. But, there it is. He'll march to "Pomp and Circumstance" this June, 18 years old and ready to conquer the world. SS still remembers when he was just 11 and ready ...

Bliss Thru Shopping: The eye teeth have it

Many years ago, in the midst of a colorful exchange, Bag Lady may have flushed Mr. Bag Lady's toothbrush down the toilet. A plumber also may have been called to rectify the situation. Mr. Bag Lady's offense? (And surely you know there had to be one. Bag Lady is not the kind to wanto...

Query: What's the 'it' gift this graduation season?

Yes, money. But besides that, a gift that can be shopped for? Bag Lady and Shopping Siren ...

Bliss Thru Shopping: Wiffle balls and gerbil furniture — bargains abound

Once, after having gifted her with a beautiful wooden tic-tac-toe board complete with little metal cats and mice to serve as Xs and Os, Shopping Siren's best friend revealed that she'd bought it at a secondhand store for less than $1. It was, and remains, the cat's meow. It also bes...