Poundstretcher

Staff here cant do enough for you.

In my first (and occasionally during the second and third) year of uni, this was my first point of call for everything I needed. Since my second year when I had my car, I’ve tended towards getting cheap household things in places like Tesco and Wilkinsons, but in my first year, this was a lifesaver.
I’d broken pretty much all of my plates and glasses by Christmas, so here I came to replace them.
When I was low on cash, it was here that I stocked up on soup and Supernoodles.
Wanted a kettle for my room so I didn’t have to keep walking aaallll the way to the kitchen every time I wanted a cup of tea — got one here for £9. That kettle lasted me 2 years.
I also got an awesome Animal (Muppets) cup from here for £1 which was my favourite cup til an evil housemate broke it.
This is a fantastic shop for students, but also for anyone with a home as there are a lot of cheap and cheerful things to be found, like my cup. Just make sure you buy 2 if you live with idiots, just in case they break one, because by the time they do Poundstretcher will have stopped selling them. And then you’ll really hate your housemate…

4 cans for a pound! I could quite happily leave my review there to be honest but there’s more that’s worth mentioning about this place. It’s a little more varied than Poundland on Queen Street I think and I’d say this was the better of the two stores.
It’s got a great home section which, if you shy away from any kind of DIY as I do, and only need a hammer about once a year, then this is the place to go. They’ve got the typical tat you expect from a shop like this and I certainly wouldn’t trust the vacuum cleaner for £19.99 deal. They’ve got cushions, throws and the like as well as canvasses which are a tenth of the price of others in the city and not a whole lot worse. I come here mainly for cleaning products and occasionally, when I’m poor, food.
It’s certainly worth popping in though just for a look round and I challenge you to leave with nothing. I always end up buying about 10 of something I never knew I needed in the first place. And that’s why I love it.

I’m always on the look out for bargains and cheap items I use creatively. Poundstretcher was around well before it was trendy to shop in pound shops and its still going strong.
Its not the most joyous of shops to be in. Its naturally cheap and cheerful but there are bargains to be had, especially with homeware and for the garden and also kids toys. You don’t need to spend lots of money on somethings and its a great feeling when you find a bargain. You have to search a bit harder in Poundstrecher but its all part of it.