Rebajas

(El Internet copped out as I was writing this last night, so I'm posting it this morning instead.)

I miss my straightener that I got for Christmas and have used like twice and to which I'm already really attached. The one I'm using here is clunky and snags my hair, but I guess it's better than blowing up my host family's house, so, I suffer.

Today's word of the day is rebajas. I see it all over the city in store windows. It means something like "reductions" and is used to mean "SALE." Muy bien.

I still haven't bought school supplies because nobody wants to explain to me how to get to Carrefour, the school supply store.

That's not exactly true. Allow me to rephrase. I'm directionally challenged as it is. Add to that the fact that we're not allowed to speak any English, and it's taken me a week and a half to get to the point where I think I might have an idea of approximately where the store is probably located, more or less.

No class on Fridays, thankfully, so I have time tomorrow to wander around Alcalá. All I want is a binder and a classy pair of boots (hopefully with rebajas).

Have I mentioned that everyone here (all the ladies, anyway) wear boots? Well, they do. Once I get my magic pair of boots, I just know I'll fit right in.