from the Double Glazing Dept.
Yesterday, at some point, I lost my glasses. My $400 glasses, with the Flexon 'memory-metal' frames. Talk about annoying.
I've since torn the house apart looking for them. I've searched my truck too. At 11pm last night, in a fit of desperation, I drove back down to the park where I walked that dogs that afternoon, and scoured the whole area of the park where I'd been, with a torch*
I only need my glasses for reading, TV watching and computer stuff, but if you know me, you'll know that they are fairly important parts of my life! I can still read without them, only my eyes get tired very quickly.
Today, I rang an ophthalmologist friend, and she recommended taking my prescription to Lenscrafters, who have a one-hour service.
So I did just that. I've previously avoided these mass-market cheapo places, however, I have to say it was impressive. The range of frames (and brands of frames) was extensive.
I took ages trying to decide, and as I was there on my own, roped in a couple of the women working there, to give me female opinions.
I nearly went with a set of Vogue frames, in the 'narrow black frame for European espresso drinkers' style, but I've already had a pair like that, and unless I was wearing one of my many hundreds of black turtleneck sweaters, they tended to make me look like Woody Allen after a night without sleep.
In the end, I chose a pair of Brooks Bros. frames, from their, 'Macintosh User'** range.
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They would be ready in an hour, I was assured by the lovely Londa*** the Optician.
This hour's wait, however, was the where it all started to go wrong for me.
First off, I popped into Sam Goody, and acquired a new DVD I'll talk about that more at some point. Suffice to say, the BBC have done even better with the extras than before. Not bad for a story that originally aired in 1975!
Then I went and picked up my new glasses. However, I didn't make it out of Creek Shopping Center without visiting Fossil, and picking up this:
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OK, so it's not super in focus, but my digital camera doesn't have macro mode :(
I've been wearing the glasses and the watch since I got home. It's weird going back to solid plastic frames after so long with the Flexon ones, but at least I can see again without eye strain!
Footnotes
*flashlight
**You know what I mean. Angular, striking, a bit trendy, and with a 5% market share.
***No, I wasn't on the pull, she was just very chatty and helpful. If anything I couldn't stop thinking about how her name sounded like a brand of car. Lexus is, after all, owned by Honda. Either that, or it reminded me of the low-rent British supermarket Londis
