Cheap Glasses
I think I have a way to celebrate the end of my chemo.
Now, this may not seem like a celebration to most of my readers, but getting glasses has always been a big deal to me.
First, they’re generally expensive. Not that I have a strange prescription or anything, but I generally get glass glasses, not plastic lenses. And, of course, most eyeglass stores gouge the bejeesus out of you on “services” that they don’t always deliver. For instance, the last time I bought glasses, they didn’t even fit them to my head when they arrived. They just handed them to me and said thank you without checking the fit at all.
Secondly, since most people see our faces first, how I look in my glasses is a big deal to me. This is especially true now that I’m single again. I want to make sure I look good behind my specs. And, that any potential dates can see my beautiful, blue eyes. Muy importante.
So, now that my chemo is over, and once my eyes recover from that, I’m going to get some new glasses that hopefully fit a little better than the last pair. But, to defray any irritation I might feel at having them be not quite right, I’m not going to pay hundreds of dollars for them, like I have in the past. Instead, I’m going to follow the hints and suggestions of a fellow eyeglass wearer who felt the same frustration at being raked over the coals by the eyeglass industry. To help folks like me, he started a blog called Glassy Eyes, where he and others could try discount eyeglass retailers on-line and rate their performance.
