Begrudgingly paid for a car wash as I wasn't going to be able to do it with this shit weather. Changed the wiper blades as well so can now see where I'm going. If anyone needs car stuff it's definitley better to go to Eurocarparts, saved myself half of the Halfords rip-off price.
In my experience you will however need to to return twice as frequently to replace the crap that you purchased that lasts about half the anticipated time, hence you don't really.