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And all’s well that ends well – at last! You may remember when I bought those purple glasses in front last March, which led to a huge dispute with the company when it looked like they couldn’t get the lenses to fit properly and wouldn’t refund my money, saying I could choose another frame instead. Then they found a way of fixing the new glasses and I was happy with that until, after I got them home, I saw that while fitting the lenses they had scraped off some of the purple coating off the metal frame. Fuck. So I brought them back and they told me that, as there were no other frames that I wanted at the moment, that I continue using these ones until I found something else.
Fine. I finally did find another pair that I liked, also purple but plastic, and when I went to exchange the original glasses for the new ones I was told that I could keep them as a sort of peace offering for all the trouble I’d been put through. Fair enough! Especially as this company also gives you a year after purchasing glasses to choose another pair, including lenses, for just 1€. I thought I might find another frame I liked within a year but then one of the arms (legs?) on my fab sunglasses snapped off and, as they were a couple of years old, a replacement couldn’t be ordered. So I decided to turn my new purple plastic glasses into sunglasses since my eyes are so sensitive to light that it’s painful to be outside without protection. Which once again left me with no clear glasses because the original purple ones were back “in hospital” (one of the lenses had cracked – don’t ask).
And so… since I liked the purple plastic ones so much I decided to go for the same frame in a different colour for 1€. Meanwhile the shop found another set of arms (legs?) for my broken sunglasses so that I could have something to wear while waiting for my new ones. And this is how I ended up with four glasses for the price of one, plus 1€. I’ve never had so many glasses at once before, but it does make sense to have a backup pair, especially sunglasses. When mine broke I had to turn down a special boat trip on the river that weekend because I knew my eyes wouldn’t be able to take the glare. How many pairs of glasses do you have?
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I only have two pairs, my regular one, and sunglasses. The latter are a bit old now, and not very well adapted to my eyesight anymore. Still, better than having to close my eyes because of sunglare! (“Luckily” there is usually above us only a large grey blanket.)
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Even on cloudy days I need to wear sunglasses, delicate flower that I am. The only time I don’t need them is when it’s pouring down with rain. Or at night…
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Since I had my eyes lasered last year, I now “only” need reading glasses (in terms of prescription specs).
So – 1 pair on my desk at work, 1 pair on my bedside table, and 1 pair downstairs at home. I will be getting another pair to go in the car with me though – very inconvenient having to squint if you have to read something when you are out and weren’t expecting to have to.
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My prescription isn’t so strong that I need glasses to actually see things, just to see them more clearly. And – so far! – I haven’t needed reading glasses.
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Funny thing about that photo is that all those glasses are about the same size (the purple ones in front are maybe a touch wider). In fact the middle two are the same frames! But they look like they go from big to small because of the perspective.
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I have Eyeglass Envy now. I’ve got this one pair that cost a stitch over eight hundred dollars (not counting the eye exam). Because that is what it takes to put together a pair of glasses for someone who is nearsighted, farsighted, astigmatic and has a screwy condition called map-dot corneal dystrophy. One past prescription has been converted to the darkest tint of sunglasses they make, but most days, I’m better off with those wraparound things that go over the glasses you have on already. I have eight pairs on lanyards salted around the house and car etc.
And I still am better off removing the glasses and holding the book to my nose when I really want to settle into a good read.
The purple is primo. I’d snap up that color in a New York second.
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My glasses are so damned expensive (the lenses, rather than the frames) that I can only afford one pair at a time. The last pair cost me $1600. I have a pair of Drugstore sunglasses that fit over my glasses.
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