Glasses, originally uploaded by punquin.
This is the photo I took at the eye doctor to show the blue inside the glasses. You don’t really see it straight-on. It was between this pair and a tortoise-shell pattern, but I’ve had that twice before.
Posts Tagged ‘glasses’
Glasses
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009Four-Eyes
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009Hey, look! I’m still posting!
I is all yucky and icy outside. we had about two inches of snow followed by an inch of ice. Danny carved my car out of it this morning so I could go to my eye appointment. I was due for an annual exam, plus I have had a lot of ocular migraines lately.
I had to go to a new doctor this time, as we have different insurance. Last year, I used my insurance to pick out a more adult, classy pair of glasses with the intention of getting a funkier pair when I was eligible for a new pair.
The doctor told me my prescription has changed slightly (it seems to wobble back and forth between the same .25) but not enough to cause all my problems. She recommended reading glasses for the computer. I am holding off on those for now since I was using the glasses I am eligible for to get my new prescription. She said I could try just having my glasses off when reading. Everything else looked good. She told me to keep an even more detailedmigraine diary in case they don’t improve and I need to see a neurologist. I did pay $30 extra for a neurological vision test and photos of my retinas. All was good.
It was my second time getting glasses at an eye doctor’s office. I’m still not quite used to it, but it’s nice. You just sit down and they bring you frames to try. I told her I wanted rectangular, plastic and funky. But, no bling, giant logos or thick arms that obscure my peripheral vision. I tried on about 2 or 3 dozen pairs and ended up choosing the very first pair that had caught my eye when I walked in. It is very similar to the pair I had wanted to get last year when I went with the simple, classy pair. That one had been black with orange on the inside. The one I just ordered is a dark burgundy color, good for my green eyes, with an aqua blue color inside. They look simple and clean from the front, but from an angle you see the fun, funky blue. I love them! And, they said my older prescription is close enough for me to keep the same lenses in my other pair for now.
They quoted me a date of 02/06/09 for picking up my glasses. That is the sucky part when you are used to “glasses in an hour!” But, last year I had to wait nearly 3 weeks. I’m excited to get them!
Glasses!
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Last week, when I went with Danny for his eye-dilation, I brought my glasses prescription along so I could order new glasses. In order to use our vision insurance, I had to get them through an eye doctor. It was definitely a different experience than going to Lens Crafters!
There was a glasses technician who had me sit down at a table with a mirror and she started bringing me pair after pair while we discussed what I wanted. That was hard for me to explain to her… I wanted something more sophisticated that could be dressed up more, but at the same time I wanted it to be a little funky. I tried on dozens of pairs! I loved this one black plastic pair with orange on the inside. It has silver flame-like designs on the arms. Badass! But, not what I was looking for. I chose one of the more simple pairs, butof course it was the most expensive of my top 5! Because I liked the black pair so much, she talked to her manager and got approval for 50% off a second pair if I purchased it then. We quickly decided it would be money better spent if I chose sunglasses. I tried a bunch on, but only one pair had a shape that was made for my face. It is burgundy with pink on the inside (and Coach logos. Whatever… I could give a shit about brand names.) The most exciting thing is that she put me down for anti-reflective coating! No more squinting! Not more glowing blue glasses on camera!
Today I went to a local coffee shop for lunch and to work on my laptop. I got a call from the eye doctor (conveniently down the street) that my glasses were in. Unfortunately, my sunglasses are still being made. The wait time (and the inflated price of the frames) is the down side to getting glasses through a doctor. I stopped and got them on my way home from lunch.
The glasses tech was busy with a sales rep when I was there, so another lady brought my glasses out and adjusted the bridge to my nose. I felt super disoriented at first, but I think it is because these glasses are much wider that I’m used to so now my peripheral vision is corrected too. The other factors could be the anti-glare and the semi-rimless lenses. I’m already getting used to it.
