The Second Time Around

This store is JAM PACKED with selection. You can definitely find a diamond in the rough here, no doubt! PROBLEMS: 1. low quality of clothing: stains, tears, rips, overall YUCK factor & UGLY. 2. high prices. IF the store has SO MUCH, the prices should be much lower in order for items to SELL & get out of the way for more merchandise. I’ve worked consignment & KNOW that with lower prices, this store would do MUCH better! I seriously can’t shop here; it’s so stressful digging through the mountains.

This is a good (though not great) consignment store located in downtown Pennington. It is actually owned by the Unitarian Universalist Church (which uses the profits for charity). There is a manager who is affable and chatty in a Northeastern kind of way and then lots of other volunteers.
They have men’s, women’s and children’s clothes, shoes and accessories (including jewelry, purses, and scarves and winter accessories) as well as a few home decorating pieces (picture frames, prints, lamps, decorative dishes & bowls, etc.). As with any consignment or thrift shop, it is hit or miss. The standards for what they will take here, though, are a little lower than most consignment shops, but higher than what you’ll find in most thrift stores. So, things will have a little more wear and be a little older and you should definitely do a thorough stain check, but bargains are to be had by the dedicated shopper. My mom once found a like new Burberry skirt (in the signature plaid). I’ve also found several designer purses and one pair of Dansko shoes. In general, the kids clothes are even shabbier and dated than the adult ones, so I wouldn’t bother coming here if you are just interested in kids stuff. In general it has more of a yard-​sale/​thrift feel to it, than a consignment store feel.
As I noted, they do run this as a consignment business, so you can consign your clothes with them (which I have also done several times). You make an appointment and then bring everything in and they’ll go through it before you leave and give you what they don’t want (or already have too much of). Then at the end of the season (four to five months later), you’ll receive one check in the mail with your portion of what sells. They also give you the option up front to simply donate your items to the store and have your profits go to the church. You can also donate whatever sells (so you won’t have to go pick it up if it doesn’t sell). I can’t remember whether or not you have the option to pick up what doesn’t sell (everything that I’ve sent there in the past I’ve been willing to part with whether or sells or not, so I didn’t want the bother of coming back.).
Also, note that this store closes down for several weeks at time in-​between seasons. I believe they’ll do a big bag sale in January, then shut down for several weeks in February (during which they clean out the store, send out checks from the fall/​winter and get ready for spring), then they’ll start appointments for the spring in late February/​early March (you will have to call several weeks ahead of time to get your appointment time). Then, they’ll also shut down in July, after a bag sale, too, and reopen in August.