New Glasses Arrived!

Yay! I can see! I ordered three pair of prescription glasses online at EyeBuyDirect.com for nothing more than chump change. They arrived a few days ago and I'm so excited!

Of course, now that I have them, EyeBuyDirect is having a buy one get one free sale. My timing is always wonderful like that. You can still take advantage of it, but I feel kind of weird ordering two more pair. I think. Well, maybe I should. Would two more pair be too many? Hmmmm....

Here are my new glasses. As you can see, I'm favoring the small squarish style frame lately. I just cannot get into the big giant round googley eyed sunglasses that are popular right now. They are so froggy looking on me.

If my head was shaped like a pretzel, I could wear my old pair. These are only a year old but they did not survive a recent tangle with a toddler. My sunglasses met the same fate on the same day. Sigh.


Yay! I can see!!!!

The Prescription Pretzel aka my glasses

When you are 17 months old, the world is a playground and everything is your toy. Including Mommy's glasses. Libby can say "Eye" and twist a pair of glasses into a knot quicker than I can leap through the air over an obstacle course of real toys screaming "Nooooo! My glasses!!!" She's fast, destructive and very cute.

Amazingly, her Minnie Mouse sunglasses are in perfect condition and she wears them often. How does that work?

Since twisting my glasses into a prescription pretzel was so much fun, she got my sunglasses and performed a similar maneuver. Not satisfied, she got Daddy's reading glasses and nearly snapped them in two. I've managed to bend the three pair of glasses back into shape, somewhat. My clear glasses ride crooked on my face now and my sunglasses have a floppy bow, but they'll do till I get some new ones. At least I didn't have to resort to duct tape repairs.

I went directly to GlassyEyes to see what he recommends for online glasses shopping. His mission is to save the world from overpriced prescription glasses. Love that! His blog was promoting a company that I've already ordered from, so that's great! His blog said it was buy one get one free weekend, so I hopped on over to EyeBuyDirect to get in on that deal. Turns out, I got too excited and didn't read the date on that special deal. But there was a 15% off coupon code that I was able to take advantage. Yay!

I ordered three pair: Two with normal clear lenses, and one pair of sunglasses. I am nearsighted, just need a single vision correction. I really do need them to drive, and to facebook when I'm using the wireless keyboard with the tv. Here is what I picked out. The top pair will be the sunglasses with 80% brown tint.

Three pair of glasses including frames, lenses, protective coatings and shipping came to a grand total of..... drum roll please.... $117.23! Thanks, Baby-cakes.

Mute and Blind too?

Got my new sunglasses. Can't see a dang thing with them on! And I still am silenced by this strep throat thing I've had going on for too long. Here I am, Mute and Blind.

I must have typed the prescription in wrong. My right eye should have been -0.50. My order says it is -5.00. Whoa, Nelly! That's a big difference!

Lefty is super bad too though, can't even see if I walk around winking.

I am so glad that EyeBuyDirect has online chat for customer support! That rocks! I logged in and "Juanita" said I could return the glasses and email a copy of my prescription and they would bump the tint up to 80% too. Awesome!

Then she let me know what the prescription was that they sent... every number was wrong. Very very wrong. Ok, I was willing to say it was my mistake when one number was wrong on my order, but every number? And they're all really far from correct. I don't think I typed it in that badly, plus, they have Lefty correct on my order information online, so how did I get these really funky lenses?

Well, I'll ship these back and we'll see what happens I guess. I took a photo of my Rx and emailed it, who uses a scanner anymore? Opinion about using EyeBuyDirect pending.... I'm not thrilled yet. Hopefully soon.

New Sunglasses and a Great Bargain!

Last month my sunglasses fell apart. Not a big deal, the bow broke at the screw. Figured I could get a new bow or use some white first aid tape or something cool like that. These are the sunglasses that I got 5 years ago for $300. Yes, prescription sunglasses are a treasure!

Since I bought those, I have discovered the awesome prices of ordering glasses online. I've gotten 2 pair for myself online and a pair for my daughter (even though she never wears them). Now I feel like I'm a savvy online prescription glasses shopper.

Buying glasses online is the best deal ever! My last pair was $38 including frames, lenses, UV and scratch coatings, and shipping. I'm finally getting around to thinking about new sunglasses. Summer is coming, I need them!

First, I checked out Glassy Eyes Blog. I love this guy! By accident, my husband stumbled upon this blog a couple of years ago when I ordered my first pair of online specs. We both read every post and I continue to check the blog looking for tips and deals. Today I noticed he has one company giving his readers a deal: 30% off at EyeBuyDirect.com.

I can deal with 30% off!

Since the glasses are cheaper than a bag of fast food, I got brave and ordered a fun pair instead of my standard nerdy style. Getting crazy!

I got the frame, tinted lenses, UV, reflective and scratch coatings, and shipping all for the low low bargain price of $40.71. Yesssssss!

Here is the stock photo of my new fun sunglasses - imagine them with brown lenses:

Eyeglasses Drama

One of the princesses needs glasses. Oh dear, here we go!

For the full saga.... read my husband's blog

Short version:
I felt uncomfortable with the service at the JC Penny Optical store, there were a few little things that should have made me turn and run, but for some reason I wasn't in tune with my "I'm getting screwed" radar. Possibly because while my 16 yr old prissy princess was choosing frames for her sweet little expensive taste face, I was dealing with little princess pissy pants. Gracie (16 mths old) soaked through her diaper and peed all over her stroller, was bored outa her mind, wanted to run around and would love nothing more than to twist and break every pair of glasses in that store. So, here I am, trying to manage both princesses without losing my freaking mind and the lady helping us seemed like she was totally not sure what on earth she was doing.

Anyway, Lexie picks out a frame that costs $212. Lenses are an added expense. Ugh.

Came home frustrated and confused, since the lady seemed to be talking in circles while I was running in circles going the other direction.

Fast forward a bit. A week later I call JCP and check on the status of the order. I think they should be arriving soon. Guess what? JCP never ordered them! I have no idea why they never got ordered. She took my credit card number and all the info and we went through the entire purchasing deal. So, who knows?

JCP says they will place the order but I have to pay $10 to rush it now. Screw that. I told JCP that's ridiculous, forget it. We ordered her glasses online from Eyefine.com Got the frames for $75 plus had to pay for the lenses. After insurance, we're paying $30 plus $9.95 for shipping. This is the EXACT same frame that she just HAD to have in the store!

Woo Hoooo! Thank you Al Gore for inventing the internet!!!!!!!!