Waif Thrift Store

My family are frequent shoppers at the OakHarbor WAIF location. This isn’t your typical thrift store where everyone’s junk goes to be resold– WAIF always has great merchandise, and their stock is always being rotated. I just recently scored a $ 200+ cat condo for $ 20! The shop has rotating discounts on the different departments in the store. Sometimes they even have a 50% off deal on anything in the store! The store is mostly run by volunteers, whom are always a delight. We always leave satisfied :)

Lot’s of stuff and it has a general organized feeling to it. More stuff upstairs and lots of different sales go on here. Merchandise is pretty tired here… and the place gets pretty torn up fast. Staff is very helpful.

If you’ve been to the unimpressive WAIF thrift store in Freeland, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by this much bigger, more reasonably priced location. It even has an in-​store cat!
The store takes up two floors, with men’s and women’s clothing, kids’ stuff, jewelry, and dishes on the ground floor. The upper level has books, furniture, art, and housewares. There’s a lot to look at, but it’s somewhat disorganized because there’s so much stuff crammed in everywhere. The kids’ section in particular was messy and had things scattered all over the floor, but many areas were so cluttered and overfilled that it was hard to get a good look at things.
The prices were reasonable and they had a good 50% off sale going while were there. I found a vintage Pendleton sweater for under $ 2, and the book selection is pretty large and reasonably priced. If you’re into weird vintage art, they had a lot, but the prices were higher than we felt it was worth. They also have a bunch of inexpensive grab bags of boys’ and girls’ items, which would be a handy bribe for good behavior while you shop.
Because this is a nonprofit store and proceeds go toward helping shelter animals, I like to buy stuff from here when I can. The staff are friendly and they have a display featuring some of the shelter kitties available for adoption. Not sure if the store’s resident black cat is one of them, but I was certainly tempted to take him home with us!