¡Rebajas, Rebajas, Rebajas!

Apparently every store in Spain has sales (rebajas) this time of the year. From early January to late February everyone has huge markdowns on a lot of their product. Shoes, clothes, accessories, everything! Even the boys were getting excited when they first saw them. In fact, they were the first to make purchases in Madrid.

I started my quest for the best rebajas after siesta time (and a good nap) around 5. In Spain, and especially here in the south, in Analucia, they have siesta time. From about 1:30-5 everything closes down and people go back to their families. In Spanish culture lunch is the most important meal of the day and that’s the one that all the family is expect to attend, much like our dinner. It’s the biggest meal of the day and it takes place from 2-3. Afterwards a lot of people take a nap. This is more important during the summers where it gets really hot here and from 2-5 no one wants to do anything but sleep because of the heat.

My quest began with a stop at Barclay’s (thank goodness for their deal with B of A), because who can shop rebajas without €€€!! Shortly after I ran into my EAP friend Roxanna, who is kind of my niece in a funny sense. Her padre (father) is the son of my madre (mother) and my padre. I guess for the Fontescas, hosting exchange students is a family affair! Roxanna and I shopped and shopped. We went to shoe stores and clothes stores. We went to Zara and H & M and admired how much better they were in Spain. We lost track of time and suddenly it was 8:30, we needed to get home for dinner! There were just so many good deals and so many stores that the time went by very quickly. One quick stop at a chino shop (a small store that sells kinck-knacks and school supplies, usually run by Asians, hence the name “chino”) to buy notebooks for class and I was home.

Boy, rebajas wear you out, but they are fantastic. I got a bunch of clothes, 2 purses, and a pair boots for under €100. Today was a good day. Me encantan las rebajas (I love sales).