me: “what should i get the boys (my teenage nephews) for christmas?”

my sis: “i dunno. get them something french.”

me: “all the stuff in france is from china.”

that is (sort of) a joke but it’s hard to find stuff from france in france! i’m trying to finish up my christmas shopping and my teenage nephews are the hardest to shop for because they have EVERYTHING already. they’d been asking me for skate or surf shirts with french written on them, but i couldn’t find any! i couldn’t even find regular t-shirts with french written on them (see this post) apart from the ugly, creepy, crass t-shirts in party supply stores (those won’t do). we went to the mall yesterday, and decided to check out decathlon, a sporting goods store, and found something for the boys! and something they dont have! AND with french on them! and cool, to boot! we got so excited. they might not appeal to girlie girls but for my teenage nephews, we think these federation francaise de football (fff) soccer jerseys fit the bill. i hope they don’t mind that they’re made in china. (see? i told you!)

THEN….before boxing and wrapping them so i can mail them off to the east coast to make it there in time for christmas, i found something on one of the jerseys…..the store forgot to remove the anti-theft device. BIG DOH!!!!!! not only is this store not at all close to where i live, it’s not at all close to where i live!!!! did i mention that the store is not at all close to where i live?

tags: france travel christmas shopping soccer jerseys french federation francaise de football fff decathlon