Mixed Bag

This is a great place for all of your gift-​giving needs. From babies and toddlers (toys and clothes), to snarky teens, to gourmet cooks, to your easy-​to-​offend elderly relatives — you can find something for anyone here (along with everything to wrap it)!
This is also a great place for seasonal and holiday décor (all holidays, not «holiday» as code for «Christmas»), and they have rockin’ sales on off-​season merchandise. Staff is friendly and helpful. There is parking. This place is pretty damn great, overall.
Card selection is pretty good, year-​round, and ornament selection is pretty good at Christmastime.

I understand how busy stores get during the holidays! However, I will never understand rude and disrespectful costumer service! From the minute I walked I was ignored while two other customers standing next to me were asked if they needed help or wanted a bag! When politely asking for help I was brushed off THEN while trying to make a purchase I was treated poorly for needing to pay with my card! You would think a local business who relies on it’s local patrons, like myself, would be a little bit more inclined to provide better customer service.

I make it a point to come here every year during Christmas season to get a few ornaments. Mixed bag has a large assortment of ornaments that cover a large range of interests. No mater what floats your boat I’m pretty sure you can find something that covers whatever it is you’re looking for.

This store is packed full of all kinds of unique goodies and some you never seen before. Everything is all crammed together but still looks very organized. There’s a beauty section, kitchen section, kid’s area, crafts, décor, and way too many things to name. Mixed bag is a perfect name for this store and no matter what your interests, there is something for everyone. Perfect place to shop for one-​of-​a-​kind gift items. I always have to stop in this store when I’m in the area and I always feel the need to buy something because of the irresistible merchandise.

Very interesting and amazing shop, won’t find walmarts low prices lol but you get what you pay for. Book Selection alone is worth the trip. They have alot of stuff you won’t find (easily) anywhere else in Sacramento
5 stars for the most fun I had shopping in a while.

Had a few birthday and thank you cards to buy, as well as a gift for my young cousins, when I came to Mixed Bag the other day. I ended up browsing the store for over an hour, even after I had already found what I was looking for! There are lots of great knick knacks here. Many of the items were a tad spendy, but with some searching I was able to find a gift in my price range. I chose a puzzle for my cousins that they loved and quickly became addicted to solving.
The thank you card selection left a little to be desired, especially for a gift shop. I ended up just getting a blank Papyrus card to write thank you in.
I bought a gift bag for the puzzle and one of the employees did a fantastic job of arranging it with a ton of complimentary tissue paper — she did a much better job than I could have done!

I went to Mixed Bag for the first time on Wednesday (7÷15÷15). It was a fascinating experience! I was in a rush so I couldn’t spend a lot of time looking around. I can see myself spending an hour plus when I return. Donna and the rest of the staff were truly helpful and friendly!

You could say I’m in love. This place is a cross between bed, bath, & beyond, spencer’s, a novelty/​convenience store, and a baby store-​it really is a mixed bag. I appreciate the small business charm but could only imagine how easily the check out line could get backed up on a busy day.

I was on a mission, and the staff here helped me out, BIG TIME! I also had a runny nose, for which they were courteous to ignore that, too.

3 cards (2 birthday, 1 wedding) beautiful but more than $ 15.
A receipt handwritten on a pad — way too old-​school and S L O W.

In the late-1970’s when Mixed Bag opened for business I was an instant customer. Over the years I shopped there a lot, following them through a few moves. For some reason I kind of stopped going to Mixed Bag a few years ago and have tended to shop instead at another two of my old faves, The Garden of Enchantment and Evangeline’s (both in Old Sac). Yesterday, when I needed a few party favours for a birthday gathering I decided to drop into Mixed Bag. A dependable shop, Mixed Bag still has the gifty items, kitchen gadgets, holiday themed fun stuff, children’s items, fancy soaps, greeting cards, and so on. Prices are somewhat steep, but some less-​expensive items can be found if you dig. The candle and votive selection is quite nice, and that department is where I was focusing my attention when
*BLAM!!!*-
the owner, Susan, came from a back room and proceeded to tear into/​berate/​VERBALLY ABUSE (did I mention BERATE? Chide? Viciously ATTACK?) an employee, a quiet older lady who seemed understandably shaken up by Susan’s tirade.
Oh, is there anything that makes a shopping experience worse than being subjected to listening to the owner of the biz verbally beat the crap out of an employee?
And Susan just went on. And ON. THIS was done wrong! And THAT is a mess! And WHAT ON EARTH were you thinking, EMPLOYEE, when you did THAT!!!
I was determined to complete the task I went to Mixed Bag for, and I did, but YIKES the ENTIRE time I was there i had to listen to the boss crashing and bashing her employee. It made for a MISERABLE shopping experience and sadly I have said bye-​bye to a well-​liked, long-​time Sactown business. Next time Garden of Enchantment and Evangeline’s will get my business.
My advice to Susan? Hun, take one of the «Chill Pills» you sell in your store.

This place has a lot of charm! Great place to find a white elephant gift!!!

OMFG. I just walked out of this shop.
There are a lot of cool items here & a great selection of greeting cards.
Fun Halloween things. I had selected several items to purchase, then proceeded to the cash register area. Stood behind red tape line, I assume that’s where u go. Then stood & waited. And waited. And waited. An empl lady was like 3 feet from me behind the counter. I thought she was going to help me. She was starting to fill put a receipt from the pad then walked away. Another lady empl there affixing price tags to new Christmas mdse ignored me also. I was so shocked that no one wanted to help me! That’s their job! To help customers, not mine to ask for help. So I set all items back & walked out. I love supporting small businesses, but this type of treatment of customers is unacceptable. I’m sure that my measly $ 25 purchase doesn’t matter to them, but a lot of the crappy reviews that they have are based on their poor customer service.
I’ll be doing my Halloween shopping elsewhere.

Came in today for their much advertised «Christmas in July Sale» and left horribly disappointed. They had 3 tables of bland Christmas décor outside and a bunch of severely over priced, non-​holiday items inside. They charge $ 19 for the same small cookbook that I’ve seen elsewhere for $ 12. Also for $ 12? A tiny seafood fork. $ 4 each for mini sauce cups. $ 7 mini candles… The list goes on. All were things that you’d find elsewhere for at least a couple bucks cheaper too.
Even though they had several sales ladies chasing us through the store remarking about how empty our baskets were, I will say that it’s a great shop for Christmas décor during the holidays. The shop is full, front to back of reasonably priced holiday gear– but the rest of the year it’s an even more expensive, wannabe Evangeline’s.

So many cute things… not sure where to start. How about lotion, they have so many good brands. They have one of my favorites, The Naked Bee. They have an over load of knicky knacks good for birthday gifts and stocking stuffers. Prices are resonable and they have loads of wraping paper.

Have to get a gift plus gift wrap for pretty much anyone, really fast, and dont want to deal with finding a parking spot?. .. Come here.
They also have really cool home stuff like welcome mats and even kitchen gear.
I had to hang out with my bf’s parents by myself for a while so I walked them around my neighborhood and took them here, it killed quite a bit of time.. FIVE STARS!

As a man in my mid 30’s, it is kind of hard to describe this place to my peers. I would say something to the effect of «knick macs, candles, weird toys, cards, and socks… ya know’ chic stuff.» (It looks like they had a bunch of stuff for babies too)
After purchasing lots of my Christmas gifts here as well as some vital kitchen equipment, I am confident with my 5 star review.
I got a kick-​ass cooking thermometer here as well as a oil burning thingy to make my house smell nice.
I went in there with $ 60 2 days before Xmas and walked out with gifts for 4 women! This place is cool and has a friendly staff.
Mixed Bag has something for everyone, even if you don’t know it yet.

Mixed Bag figures heavily in my gift shopping rotation. I’ve found the greatest cards, wrapping paper, and some unique gifts here. These ladies pack an unbelievable amount of stuff in this store. Go ahead, take my Dec paycheck. OUT

Horribly rude employees. Nothing you can’t find somewhere else.
This place was recommended to me by a friend, so I was hopefully this was a great place to find the items I was looking for. I found them, but almost didn’t buy anything because I was so uncomfortable with the employees interactions.
Two older women sitting behind the counter chatting, specifically complaining about hours, woman #1 snaps back at the other «you are so rude, you cut me off and I was talking, you are so rude» a customer comments as he walks by «almost as rude as you scolding an employee in front of all your customers.» The grouchy old woman has the nerve to snaps back at him with a snide remark. I agreed with the male customer and said ‘yes, and makes your customers very uncomfortable.’ Woman #2 apologizes saying «you’re right I do that sometimes, I need to be better about that.» Sounds like its not the first time the bully (grouchy woman #1) has picked on her.
At that moment I almost left the store, but I had found the items I had been looking for and already had them on the counter. I walked around for another 10 min. contemplating if I should leave or just buy the stuff, but I couldn’t help but feel like the old cranky woman was giving me dirty looks.
I go to be rung up and the man who rings me up is nice. Until I tell him «oh sorry, I don’t think I need the bag, I’ll leave that with you.» Rather than saying OK, no problem or save a bag or something to that effect, he snatches the bag off the counter and gives a huff. I should have just took the darn bag. I just spent $ 15 as a first time customer in your shop and I’m leaving feeling like I pissed you off for not taking the stupid plastic bag.
I will not be shopping here again.

What a fun store!!! If your looking for a unique gift idea try here first. So much to choose from! I could spend hours looking at all the unique items at every turn. Clean, nice, spacious store. Great way to support the local economy. And a fun way to spend the afternoon.