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No, that was for a way more practical reason: Said optometrist had told me over the years that eyes get sunburned, too, and that I should put on sunglasses every time I put on sunblock. Also, due to the happy fluke of being mostly well during the past year, Husband and I had not spent our medical savings account down to zero and there are only seven days left in the use-it-or-lose-it fiscal year.
So, yay! "Free" sunglasses to replace the ones I had lost at the football game four years ago sent me to my optometrist's office in a good mood.
I picked out a modest-priced set of frames, then sat happily waiting for the optician to tell me how much I would have left over to spend on vitamins and Band-Aids in order to wipe out that flexible spending account.
This led to an instant message conversation with Boy#2 this morning.
Do you know how much sunglasses cost in Small Town?
Because we were not actually playing Price Is Right, I was able to tell him that sunglasses in Small Town cost $613.
Six.
Hundred.
Thirteen
Dollars.
Not only did I not get money back for vitamins and Band-Aids, I had to write a check for $213 in order to get both lenses.
Now, let's just do a little comparison. For $613, I could have bought a new iPad. I could have extended my Scribd subscription for six years. I could have bought as many shoes as I will need for the next decade (based on current wearing out rate of my shoes). I could have paid for a cleaning lady to come twice a month until next Easter.
I could have done so, so, so many things I'd rather do than cover my eyeballs. But I gulped, wrote the check, and crept home to stare into the mirror and tell my retinas they'd better be worth it.
Because everyone looks hotter in sunglasses, but I'm pretty sure I won't look that hot.
Maybe next time you shouldn't get the solid gold ones with the embedded diamonds.
ReplyDelete(Six! Hundred! Thirteen! Dollars! *passes out on the floor*)
Long-time lurker here. If you have your prescription available (this isn't spam, I promise-- while realizing that makes it sound even MORE like spam. Sigh.), I use zennioptical.com. Most of their glasses are little inexpensive things that won't last more than a year or so, but you can shade them, and they come with a price tag of about $20 (if you have special vision prerequisites, maybe $100 at most).
ReplyDeleteAnd really, eyes change so much that it's hard to go wrong with ones that last about a year.
I'm heading to get new glasses tomorrow and am now preparing myself for sticker shock. But really, $613???????
ReplyDeleteSERiously. MOS goes to Wally World and buys the ever-so-fashionable old lady fit-over-your-glasses shades. So I guess I have about $600 left to spend.
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