St. Vincent de Paul

A great place to search for treasures.
I don’t understand my attendants attitude though. I was minding my own business when I was approached and offered help with a particular item. When I explained I use them in my business (which supports me) I felt an Icy chill run down my spine.
Isn’t the fact that I shop at your store supporting your charity?
Guess what? I don’t want to shop there any more. Running customers off doesn’t help the folks you say you want to help.

Great selection of clothing. Guaranteed to find some good scores here — sometimes even with the original tag still attached! Been here twice during my visits to Austin and have found Banana Republic blazers, J. Crew skirts, Anthropologie blouses, 7 for All Mankind Jeans, and random brands with great styles, and have also found some great vintage stuff too. Whoever sorts through the clothes and decides what to sell knows what they’re doing. Prices are great. Honestly, this is probably one of the best thrift stores I’ve ever been to. A favorite, must-​stop shop of mine in Austin!

The best in Austin, IMHO. Neck to neck with buffalo exchange, but has a better selection of casual clothing (as opposed to extravagant hipster-​wear), and tons of wonderful gems. A bit gender bendy as well, which I liked.

Good selection of vintage and consignment finds. You’ll have to do some sifting, but the heart knows what it wants and I feel like it’ll take no time to spot something that’s uniquely you. I left with a bag full of stuff, which included cute party dresses, for less than $ 70. My most favorite buy is probably this cropped blazer that could work as a cover-​up for more formal events and go just as easily with jeans for a lazy Sunday brunch. This gem cost $ 12!
The condition of the items can mostly be described as gently worn. With a few exceptions, St. Vincent de Paul’s clothing and accessories definitely show signs of use, though never abuse.
Prices from what I saw ranged between $ 8 and $ 15, not bad.
Add this to your Austin shopping itinerary if you love thrifting and want a good selection to choose from.

I have came in here quite a few times. I am always hopeful to find something in their clothes and that maybe just maybe I will find something in the half off color tags but I never do. The clothes for women are eh. I never find anything I like in my size for a reasonable price. I figure that I might as well go to somewhere else and find this cheaper for a knockoff of vintage or just go to Goodwill.
Upstairs you are may find something for your home or a cool gift. Vinyls are mainly duds. Things are little messy but hey it is doable and you can see everything. I just figure that all the tourists came by here and looted everything already. Majority of the consignment shops in walking distance or wayyyyy more over priced than this one. I guess it’s hard to find a treasure when everyone else is trying to find a treasure too…
Dunno, but I wouldn’t exactly recommend this a bargain gold mine. However, they have some furniture and cool stuff at the drop off area by the parking lot that is VERY reasonably priced.
I will keep my hopes up though and continue to come by when I have the chance :)

Lovely thrift store. My friends and I had been planning on hitting the vintage stores of soco and were sadden by the ridiculous prices in the surrounding stores of soco, at common objects there was a spoon that was $ 40??? This thrift store was one of the best I’ve been too, the amount of interesting things there were endless and at great reasonable prices. The vintage shirts there was also very cute!

This is one of the great old-​style thrift stores left in Austin. In a post-​modern city where hipsters have decimated the thrifting land and forced good thrift stores to hike prices until you feel like you’re buying new, treasures can still be found at St. Vincent de Paul. Excellent kitchenware, really great clothing and older vintage stuff. Shoes are always a crap shoot, I feel like that can’t be helped. Don’t forget to check out the glass cases near the front as designer purses and nice used boots are aplenty. Be ready to dig and you’ll find something worth the trip.

I walked in and immediately saw a pair of nicely broken in brown leather sheep skinned lined Keen boots and was like YES! How much are these? Make me an offer. OK — 40.00? Sure. HELL YEAH! My feet welcome the coolness of fall — come on baby!

Amazing place great clothes and random pop up 75% off!!! Can’t b beat

To me, the best part of this thrift store, is the furniture in the back section. I once found an excellent, flowered arm chair & completely fell in love!
The prices are nice & the staff is friendly.

This is a decent thrift shop in Austin. Thrift shopping was picking up in Austin well before Macklemore’s song came out. This place actually keeps the prices low as opposed to some others that mark up thrift clothing. But I didn’t find any deals.

This place has a big selection. I got tired of looking after a while because it was a bit warm and crowded. However, by that time I had plenty to try on. There are plenty of button downs. The button downs were about $ 10. I found a dark gray American Eagle jacket for $ 30 that would go for about $ 80.
The furniture is located upstairs and the space barely contains it all. Twenty dollars got me a small circular table about a foot in diameter for my patio
Good selection and prices.

This is my favorite thrift store in all of Austin for many reasons.
Big points:
1) Close to my house. Could walk there if I wanted.
2) Organized well. Major plus.
3) Actually has nice wares. Some vintage and hipster finds. Lots of name brands.
4) Cheap. Cheaper than most.
5) Most importantly, good cause. CHARITY!
Downside:
Hours. I am only ever able to make it there on Saturdays, which are always their busiest days (never overly crowded though). They are also closed on Sunday, FYI.

This charity thrift store is clean, cheap, and has some great stuff. I found 6 items there that I love in like-​new condition for under $ 20.

Do you need new jeans, a Halloween costume for your nephew, shoes, Elle Woods business suits, or even a pink wig? Well you can count on St. Vincent de Paul because yes, I have gotten all of these items here.
I can always find what I need here. If I need a quick costume or just feel like my wardrobe needs updating, I can go here and get what I need at amazing prices. I got my favorite pair of peep toe pumps here for $ 3! They have their own parking lot which is such a blessing considering it’s on Congress close to Home Slice and Hopdoddy. While Buffalo Exchange does have the more «trendy» things, you can’t say no to the prices! And they have a furniture section if you ever need that too.

Nice thrift store in Austin. We spent a day shopping at various thrift and second hand stores in the area. While we were here, The Better Half found a couple of collectible silver figurines and some silver jewelry. It’s a decent size and they have some pieces of art. If we weren’t flying home, we’d have considered buying an item or two. It’s worth stopping by if you’re in the area.
Return Factor — 75%

I like it because you can always find something that you want, at a great price. However, I wish the staff were a little more approachable. Somehow they make you feel bad about coming to them with your questions. How is that?

If Forrest Gump had set foot in here, he would have said, «Life is like a St. Vincent de Paul store. You never know what you’re going to get».
I was a little awed by this place. It’s quite large and crammed full of stuff. The main area is dedicated to clothes, shoes, bags and soft furnishings, with a prominent vintage/​boutique section. The upper level contains everything else, like books, kitchen ware and furniture. In fact, they have the most furniture I’ve ever seen in any re-​sale store. They hardly have room for it all; much of it sits in the back and outside on one side of the parking lot, waiting to go on the floor.
There are definitely some hidden treasures here. As I left the store, clutching my purchases, I practically cackled with glee. My treasured finds that day were:
* one Manhasset music stand. Although cobwebby and straight from storage, this one was in great condition, with its signature heavy gauge, all-​steel welded base firmly intact. Only $ 13 for one of most durable stands ever made.
* one dressy Sigrid Olsen blouse for $ 4
* one gorgeous pure white linen summer shirt with embroidered details, perfect for a Texas summer, for $ 4.50
What a fabulous thrift store. The variety! The prices! I’ll most definitely be back.

I f’loved this place. I’m just about the most experienced thrift-​er in the country, and when I say it’s good — it’s damned good. This place is GOOD. I found a vintage ‘disco’ dress that rocked my world for $ 10. A truly adorable shift dress for five bucks. A vintage gap shirt [when they actually sewed them carefully] for $ 3. And I walked sadly away from a yellow Tano bag for $ 26 [my rule: Never spend over $ 20 for anything at a thrift store.] But I did buy the Nordies yellow leather wallet for a mere .75 in perfect condition. I went to a bunch of ‘vintage’ stores on the North Loop and found nothing. This place was the s**t.
Did I mention how sweet and helpful everyone is? For a thrift store, this is one classy joint.

Me: «Why aren’t you getting those Bongo’s with the awesome pockets?»
MC: «They do not fit.»
Me: «But, Michelle, they are awesome! Best butt EVER…»
MC: «But they are too small…»
Me: «Butt… HOTTT!»
MC: «KK, if you like them so much, why don’t you try them on?»
Me: «Because if they don’t fit you, there is NO way they will fit me. Why don’t you try them again? They were supersexy…»
MC: «Buttttt they don’t fit.»
Me: «They really looked good, though… those pockets are AWESOME!»
So that is how I found myself trying to fit into a pair of jeans I had found for Michelle, which is to say, two sizes too small. I pulled, I slid, I pushed, I threw them on the floor and exited the dressing room.
MC: «Well?»
Me: «Well… they do not fit. At least you could get them on. I could not even zipper them up.»
MC: «You can do it. Just shimmy and wiggle and pretty soon you will be able to zipper them. That is what I had to do.»
Me: «Really? If I can walk across the store in them, I will consider it.»
«In 30 days you will definitely be able to fit into them. Isn’t the prospect of those sexy pockets on your awesome butt incentive enough to cough up $ 4.50 for those amazing jeans? $ 4.50… KIMBERLY, FOUR dollars and FIFTY cents!»
Lessons from a trip to St. Vincent DePaul last weekend…
1. I love my friends.
2. I am a sucker for a nice ass, especially when it is my own.
3. I laughed more while shopping than I ever laughed while swimming.
4. American Apparel still brings down the neighborhood.
5. If you want something for someone else you probably want it 10X more for yourself.
6. Michelle has missed her calling as a saleswoman.
7. Catholics donate lots of BUTT-​alicious, ass-​TASTIC jeans — make sure to look in the «boutique» section, though, errr, excuse me, BUTT-​teek.
8. Michelle’s husband was kind to not punch me in the face at dinner while I went on and on and on about her awesome butt.
9. FIVE pieces of pizza, a garlic knot, and two beers at Home Slice didn’t help the new jeanquest.
10. Praying to St. Vincent DePaul for weight loss actually works.