Savers

Whenever I’m in Cotteridge I have to pop into Savers on Watford Road to see what bargains they have on offer.
They specialise in health and beauty products at rock bottom prices, usually because the items they sell are last seasons colour or discontinued items. I’m not an icon of fashion so couldn’t really care less about what season I’m in when it comes to lipstick or mascara, so the bargains to be had are absolutely amazing.
The stock changes so regularly that I couldn’t possibly tell you what you might find in this branch on any particular day.
Whenever I visit I stock up on shower gels, bubble bath, body spray and the occasional household product — when my beauty products allow me to, of course! What I love about Savers is the fact that the prices of things are so great, a bottle of Charles Worthington shampoo recently cost me just £1 whereas the same bottle (in this years ‘shade’) costs almost a fiver in Boots.
You can buy Impulse body spray for 79p in this shop too, granted they are scents which disappeared from the shelves some six months ago but who really cares about that when you’re saving such a lot of money. Another brilliant buy in here is the Montagne Jeunesse facial treatments which are 99p in the supermarkets but are sometimes as cheap as 29p in Savers!
Just before Christmas I stocked up on loads of top name gift sets in Savers and gave them out as Christmas pressies, also having enough over for my daughters’ to hand out to select friends. The sets were only £2 — £3 each and when I checked in Boots very similar sets were going for almost a tenner
The only thing I dislike about Savers is the general condition of the store. It never really looks clean to me and the shelving units are old and in disrepair, even appearing rusty in places. It needs a refit desperately, but if it means them putting their prices up then I hope they just leave it as it is!