Oliver Bonas has a random accumulation of goods. You can buy furniture, home-wares, stationary and…read moreeven clothing. However, you won't find a large selection within any particular category. As a result, it has the feel of a neighborhood shop where the owner stocks items with a distinct personality she personally likes. It's a great spot for gift shopping. They have all the unnecessarily excessive things you would never buy for yourself, but that you love receiving as gifts. But beware, the cute-factor is very high in this shop. So you must be careful not to walk out with a bunch of cute, yet useless stuff. This particular location is always packed on the weekends and the physical space it occupies can feel extremely cramped and claustrophobic. If they had a slightly larger space, I'd give them a 4 instead of a 3.

Strange this one, clothes, home furnishing jewellery, cards, boxes,it's a shop with a serious…read moreidentity crisis and a business plan that you'd think shouldn't work, but here's the rub, it does! I have to say I like this shop it fills that need for gifts required for auntie or female friends for under £50 or there abouts, whilst still having a quality feel about the product. Service is also very nice and again on the gift front they always wrap and box things nicely so it imparts that little extra something. As at this date it's currently being refurbished.

Reminds me of a 7-Eleven or deli from stateside. It's a…read moreconvenience store that's open early and late. They have sodas, drinks, snacks, food, etc. I was staying overnight in the area and it was the perfect place to grabs drinks and snacks for the hotel room. There are self pay scan kiosks there as well so check out is easy.

This big Tesco Homeplus is a bargain hunter's dream. It stocks all the Tesco clothing ranges,…read morehomewares, some cosmetics and toiletries, toys, electricals, DVDs, CDs, books, all kinds of seasonal goods and much more. As it's out of the way at the back of the Two Rivers shopping centre it hardly ever seems busy - the best time to come is after 5pm (it's open till at least 7pm most nights) and you can pretty much have the place to yourself. Tesco's books are particularly good value and they often do a 2 for £7 for their top paperbacks. The clothing ranges are also good value and the sizes (particularly for men's ranges) go quite high. The Staines Homeplus is generally kept tidy and I've found staff to be helpful. My only two (minor) quibbles would be that sometimes goods are reduced and the first you know about it is when you're paying for them - if you'd known earlier you might have bought more than one item. And secondly, that when it does get busy there often aren't enough tills open so that you end up waiting longer to pay than you'd like.

I have a confession. I'm not really into retail therapy. In fact, too much retail therapy will…read moreprobably lead to me needing therapy! So, department stores are a good hunting ground for me around times like Christmas when I need to find and buy lots of presents. This Debenhams store is the anchor store for Centre Court Shopping Centre in Wimbledon. It isn't the biggest department but has the full variety of different departments. I had a successful shopping trip here today. The top floor had a lot of homeware and kitchen gadgets - fortunately, a lot of my friends are foodies and love to cook and entertain. The middle level is mainly ladies clothing but the ground floor yielded more success with menswear, fragrances & cosmetics and also a gift section with some fun things to give. It is better to give than receive and Debenhams made that easier for me to achieve today

The service in this store in every single department is consistently terrible. No one is ever at…read morethe click and collect till, one person seems to man the whole of beauty, the fitting rooms are supervised by people who have bitchy conversations about other staff members outside the doors. The presence of a crappy sports direct franchise on the top floor rounds it off. At least it is consistent in its terribleness, and it gets two stars because its blue cross sales are worth braving.

If you're feling a bit wealthier one month, then this shop has got some cracking designer wear, but…read moreat a price. They sell a mix of brands and the items are individual and stylish.

Very small compared to some of the huge chains of toy store that seem to be around these days…read more However it is packed full of toys and is actually a bit less daunting than the huge stores. They carry a really good range of power ranger toys, best in the area. Staff always seem very friendly and helpful. Has a much more personal feel than the huge stores, I would definately recommend this shop.