The sales in Tenerife (and presumably everywhere else) start off slow and then avalanche to huge discounts towards the close of the sales season in March. It’s one thing knowing that you should hold on to whatever dosh you’ve held back from Christmas for another few weeks and quite another to be cringing in embarrassment at the sight of your kid’s skinny ankles poking out the end of every pair of trousers he possesses.
So off we headed to Santa Cruz where my other half decided that Decathalon was the place to go. Que tonterias! What a nightmare. Of course, the sales were barely underway which we expected but the store layout ond the price marking was a joke. While there is a ‘kid’ section it seems very much given over to little girls while the most obvious boys’ bit was from 6 months to 4 years only. Where do all the 5 year old kids get their chandals then?
After much scraping and scrabbling through confusing and poorly marked racks I did find some trousers for the little guy plus stocked up on the Domyo t-shirts for him which are always a good buy and last forever but it wasn’t an enjoyable experience and I won’t be heading back there any time soon.
At least not until we are in the 75 – 80% discount period of the sales. 
As for buying goodies for myself in the sales, who needs to go to Santa Cruz? I’ll be heading to Mango in San Eugenio for my loot.
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