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09 November 2008

I just ordered my first pair of reading glasses. Hopefully they won't look too ridiculous. And I'll be able to read the menu now.

post by: chewatadistance at: 18:59 | 18 comments

Those will look so cute on you!

posted by Stewriffic 09 November | 19:07

Welcome to Old People Land. It's cozy here, but feel free to complain about beng cold anyway.

posted by jonmc 09 November | 19:13

I just got progressive bi-focals recently. It sucks to admit that you need reading glasses but they really do help.

posted by octothorpe 09 November | 19:15

We went to the drugstore this weekend to figure out what strength I needed. Everything they had either made me look like a bug or Sarah Palin. But damn if I couldn't read labels!

*screams loudly at jonmc: DIDDJA TAKE YA PILLS?*

posted by chewatadistance 09 November | 19:23

OF COURSE I PAID THE BILLS! THE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON AREN'T THEY?!

posted by jonmc 09 November | 19:29

Ooh, blingy!

posted by mudpuppie 09 November | 19:31

I like them!

posted by gaspode 09 November | 19:36

I'll be getting my first pair of bifocals in a few weeks. Whooh whooh.

Those are great frames. Mrs Slack is also in the market for new specs, but she's swore she won't get new ones until she can find some cool retro glasses (ala - cat specs) that don't cost hundreds of dollars for just the frames. Anywhere i look online seems to cater to people with way too much money. Any suggestions?

posted by Slack-a-gogo 09 November | 20:10

PUT ON A SWEATTAH, IT'S CHEAPAH!

posted by chewatadistance 09 November | 20:56

Oh, those are COOL, chewie!

My new glasses that I got over the summer are my first bifocals. *sigh* I can't read my MP3 player or cellphone with my sunglasses anymore.

posted by BoringPostcards 09 November | 21:12

Welcome to the club.... *sigh*....

Needs hers for any type of screen.

posted by gomichild 09 November | 21:14

yay!

Now you can chew closer.

posted by special-k 09 November | 21:42

Yeah, my lenses, like the rest of me, have lost their flexibility.

(Bookstores sometimes carry some cute reading glasses, too.)

posted by Pips 09 November | 21:43

I bought mine at Barns&noble. They have some nice frames there. Cheep too if the prescription fits.

posted by MonkeyButter 09 November | 22:42

find some cool retro glasses

I see lots of frames at antique and junk stores. One pare I bought ($12) actually fit the new lenses I got put in.

posted by MonkeyButter 09 November | 22:45

A couple weeks ago, I thought I needed to see an eye doctor. Instead, my blood pressure meds needed adjusting.

posted by Ardiril 09 November | 23:24

special-k that made me LOL!!

posted by chewatadistance 10 November | 07:30

Ah yes, welcome to the club! I gave up on even trying to wear my contacts at the end of this summer and resigned myself to my funky bifocals forever. It seems totally unfair that when you start out with -8 level nearsightedness and then get old age farsighted, instead of balancing out, you can somehow manage to be simultaneously both nearsighted and farsighted - aka blind. Bah.

But those are cute frames and hey, you may find that like me, you kind of like wearing glasses every day now! Plus, reading menus - and bills, you don't want to hear about my insanely generous tip from a year or so ago when I was still pretending I could see - is a Good Thing.

posted by mygothlaundry 10 November | 09:54

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