…at girls who wear glasses”. SO, I guess it’s a good thing I’m not a GIRL anymore (nor am I interested in having passes made at me - too freaking old), because I have just joined the glasses-wearing crowd! Here I am in my new shades: (Of course you young-un’s won’t remember the above quote; it ages me considerably, but after all, who’s checking birth certs around here, anyway?)

 Scary, eh? This is my pensive face. I’m supposed to look intellectual.  LOL! Well, I’ve actually had glasses for years, now. Twenty, at least. My right eye is weak, and I am near-sighted like crazy. Never any trouble reading things up close, but distance has always been a bit troublesome. Not troublesome enough, however, to actually WEAR those danged glasses of mine, and definitely not pesky enough for me to be poking contact lenses into my eyes. No, not me. Nuh-uh. So, anyway, for the past month or so, my eyes have been blurring and feeling strained, and I’ve had a sort of low-grade headache, and it suddenly occurred to me that maybe I needed to wear my glasses! So I pulled them out of their dusty old case - they were stuck way in the back of a kitchen drawer - cleaned them off and stuck them on my face. There was a minor improvement, but not nearly enough, so it was apparent that I need(ed) a new prescription and some new glasses. (Ugh).

So, today I stayed home from work and off DH & I went to the eye doctor, after which we presented ourselves at Lenscrafters with paperwork in hand and started trying to find frames that I could live with. Well, there weren’t any regular glasses frames that I liked at all. I mean, flat out NONE. But I did like some of the sunglasses frames, and actually found some that they said they could put my (bifocal) lenses into. How kewl was that? Now the ones I REALLY liked - the Jackie-O’s - were just TOO BIG, they said, for my (old lady) lenses, but they could do those with just the distance prescription and sunglass tint (for driving). And I did manage to find some - a little bit smaller - I like nearly as much that they COULD put my (bifocal) lenses into, and those are what you see above. (And this is how I suppose I’ll be looking forevermore). Ultimately, we walked out of Lenscrafters having spent a whopping $730, but I think I may actually be able to bring myself to wear the darned things, you know? It’s just so annoying to think that with $730, we could’ve spent a couple of nights at the Cape or something. Jeeze. Well, I believe that my vision care plan at work will reimburse one pair of glasses per year, so I’ll get at least a partial reimbursement for what we spent, which is helpful, anyway. I have those glasses on right now, in fact - with my nightgown (am wondering if that’s proper glasses etiquette; does one wear glasses with pajamas?)

While my glasses were being made, DH and I had supper at Bertucci’s in the mall. Yeah. Not optimum, but yummy. Some of you may be familiar with their “Sporkie” pizza? Ohhhh. SO good! So calorie-filled, indeed. And I inhaled every last bite. Yes I did. It’s not EXACTLY “junque”; it tasted very fresh and all….oh, alright. While in the throes of trauma over having to finally give in to wearing glasses ALL THE TIME, I resorted to an old source of comfort - rich and plentiful food. I diodn’t even finish the Caesar salad that I ordered on the side. If I’d been half-way smart, I would’ve eaten all of that and then only had room for maybe a little bit of pizza. But not me - nope. I left plenty of room for pizza, and to heck with the salad! I may spend eternity trying to shed these last ten or so pounds - I’d prefer 20, but would settle for ten - and when you’re wearing glasses, who’s going to notice, anyway? (Just kidding).

Well, must be getting ready for work - just wanted to share this pivotal moment with you-all….(yes, and kvetch over it a bit).

Hugs,

Z