Stinkin’ Eyegraine

It’s not a migraine but it’s worse than a headache, it’s an eyegraine. The loving pain you have to deal with if you strain your eyes. In my case, I need my eyes rechecked so I can buy new glasses. I also suspect that my prescription has gotten worse. The glasses shown above are the ones I would like to purchase. Although they don’t have a (straight) black option, I am pretty fond of purple. If I can afford it, I might buy 2 pairs. The other would be blue. The black shown is actually supposed to be black outside, blue inside.

I do not enjoy going through the eye exam crud. I hate waiting for new glasses even more. Unfortunately the frames of the pair I am wearing right now has been glued together for almost a year, since Monkey broke them right before Christmas of last year.

I have absolutely no experience in purchasing glasses from the internet. Before now I always paid the arm and leg for a pair of cheapos. This will be the first time I go through it without insurance. Buying online seems to be the best price option, especially considering the basic lens is included in the price of the frame! Then I only have to pay additional costs for extra strong lenses ($9) and anti-reflection coating (just under $5). Putting that all together, I would pay $22 for a pair of glasses, approximately? Not too shabby. Then add whatever they charge for shipping. Going by the other prices, doesn’t seem like it’d be too crazy.

The part that really sucks is that an eye exam costs way too much to get done. I think it’s $60 or $65 at Walmart? In the end it still winds up costing more than I’d like it to. Over $100 at the least. Yeah, cheaper than a local eye doctor. Yeah, more than I can reasonably afford. No, I do not have an option on whether it needs to be done or not.

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