Shopping Siren has a thing about boutiques. The best of them are unique. Classy. And almost always super expensive and in posh towns with Harbor or Port in the name. I feel alternately posh and poor just stepping inside. Now, I hardly ever actually buy anything from boutiques (see above-mentioned “poor”), but I love […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Scent of a woman: lime breeze, mimosa essence make the cut
Bag Lady and Shopping Siren have never, ever wondered what Beyonce, Jessica Simpson or a single Kardashian smells like. And yet, facing a display of pretty bottles bearing liquids of various, vivid colors, it’s hard not to sniff. (Spoiler alert: The trio turn out to be mostly airy-sweet and more than a little alchoholy. Which […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Office supplies to the rescue
Right now in Augusta, someone is trying to figure out how to get the state an extra $119 million without, you know, robbing a bank. Or several banks. Or all of the banks everywhere. It’s a tough job, that, and Shopping Siren doesn’t envy the budget battlers at all. Red, though lovely for Valentine’s Day, […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Tools of the trade and a machete grab-and-go
There are things you need (batteries). Things you didn’t realize you needed (electronic fly swatter). And there are things no one really needs but are such a great impulse buy that your favorite store is compelled to display them right next to the cash register. Like gum. Or candy bars. Or, at the new Harbor […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: A new year with Authority
We’ve all been there: Somewhere between Nov. 30 and Dec. 25, you realize your clothes dryer must be shrinking your pants because they’ve been getting increasingly tight. Then you glance down at the eggnog and sugar cookies in each hand. You hearken back to the wine, sweet potato casserole and pumpkin pie from Christmas dinner. […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Ship shop
Hey, here’s something to wig out about: There are only eight Saturdays until Christmas. I nearly dropped my fun-sized Halloween Snickers bar when I heard that. Not because there are only eight weekends left to shop, but because there are only eight weekends left to ship. Shopping Siren, you might guess by the name, is […]
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“Breaking Bad,” “Modern Family” crowned at Emmys
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Breaking Bad,” the brutal saga of an everyman’s ambition turned evil, captured its first best drama Emmy Award on Sunday, while “Modern Family” won its fourth consecutive trophy for top comedy series. “I did not see this coming,” said “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan, tipping his hat to competitor “House of […]
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Hip-hop version of ‘Othello’ resonates behind bars
CHICAGO (AP) — Act I, Scene 1: Four actors in well-worn coveralls and baseball caps take the stage at the county jail. They’re here to tell a tale of love, friendship, jealousy and betrayal. It’s the stuff of Shakespearean tragedy. The names and themes haven’t changed over the centuries, but the language has a modern […]
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Analysis: Ben Affleck and the Batman backlash
NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Affleck will be the next Batman: How ’bout them apples? Well, the Internet, which erupted Thursday night after Warner Bros. announced that Affleck will play the Caped Crusader for its Superman and Batman team-up movie, does not like them apples one bit. Jokes (many of them imagining a Batman from […]