St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Plenty of cool costumes and retro clothes. I found a vintage 1970s Gunne Sax dress here for around $8 for my daughter. Tere was this... Neon Fairy? Cinderella Stripper? Outfit, above. 

The lamp selection was minimal, but included the blue gingham lamp I owned as a kid. Weird. I didn’t buy the lamp, but I remembered that if I held my hand up to the wicker-like base, it made my hand glow as if it were lit from within.

And some big-ass TVs. Who needs a big-ass TV? No one, now. 

Also this fun lamp. This store is a party from your childhood. 

This mug. I bought it. You know I did. Because the only thing worse than being 40 is being pregnant, amiright. 

The books at the St. Vincent de Paul are my favorites. There’s a section of very, very old books, including some Dickens from the oughts. Nineteen-oughts.

I found some cookbooks that were frankly … terrifying.

And an interior decorating book from the late 1960s or so with interesting gendered decor suggestions. Boys get TVs and gym equipment and girls get weird hanging dolls. Because of course they do. Click the images to read the antiquated advice. 

St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store

Web: http://svdpseattle.org/

Address: 13555 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133 
Phone: (206) 364-8495 
Hours: Monday 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM 
            Tuesday 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM 
            Wednesday 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM 
            Thursday 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM 
            Friday 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM 
            Saturday 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM 
            Sunday 11:00 AM – 5:30 PM