The Southern Mercantile — Local services in Waxahachie

Last Saturday, I had seen a post on Facebook about a “blind date with a book” and thought it was a wonderful gift idea for a book lover in my life. I headed to Waxahachie almost immediately in search. For some reason, “The Southern Mercantile” registered as another place in my head. I will leave this place unnamed. My 2 kiddos and I arrived at the wrong place (unbeknownst to me at the time) around 5:28pm and were immediately greeted with “just so you know we close at 6”. Being the people pleaser I am, I said okay! Thanks and set off in search of the bookshelf I had seen in the Facebook post. I should have just asked the lady for help from the jump but chose to look on my own-coming up empty I finally asked for help. She looked at the picture and wasn’t able to locate it based off the booth number. That’s when I said I had seen the post from “The Southern Mercantile” she then let me know I was not there, whoops. So I bought some cute elf slippers I had found in a booth and the kids and I quickly darted to the car to drive around the corner to hopefully make it before the real place closed at 6pm. We arrived there at 5:49pm and I immediately said “Hello, I know you close at 6pm we will be quick” to which the kind ladies at the desk told me not to worry about it. To be clear, I have worked in retail, I know the holidays are extra hard and dealing with difficult people is no fun. I completely understand wanting to close a store when the hours say you are closed. But for the ladies at The Southern Mercantile to be so kind and not in a rush made the shopping experience so much more enjoyable. The overall cleanliness/lack of dust on the floor was the cherry on top. I will for sure be back for more treasure hunts...

I went in with my 3 girls and were immediately approached by someone who worked there. We thought she was going to greet us, but instead she told us there had been some teens stealing and let us know there were hidden cameras everywhere and that if we stole we would be put all over social media. While she’s saying this she was raising her voice. My kids and I immediately left. I will not be going returning. I was just trying to enjoy a day off...

Fun place to shop. Be sure you have enough time to check out the WIDE variety of goodies--from homemade to current trends to vintage and antique. Very friendly staff and well-kept. Also, as a vendor, staff goes above and beyond to keep you informed, and will even contact you to check on price if a price sticker gets lost! Hard to find that level of...