Buying glasses.

[rivka]

Yay for the glasses-buying experience: After I filled in psychologist where the medical form asked for my occupation, the optometrist smoothly greeted me as "Dr. Wald." That never happens.

I bet it never-happens to him every bit as often as it never-happens to me, which is why he thinks to do it.

Boo for the glasses-buying experience: "These frames all seem so small," I complained to the saleswoman. "With a prescription as strong as mine, I want as much surface area as possible."

"Oh no," she said earnestly. "With that strong a prescription, small frames are good - the glasses won't be as thick at the edges."

"But I'm more concerned with how well I can see than with how they look," I said.

She blinked at me.

(I eventually found a lovely pair in the men's section.)

Boo for the finances of glasses-buying: My health insurance coverage allows the princely sum of $28.80 for single-vision prescription lenses.

Yay for the finances of glasses-buying: Lenscrafter discounts single-vision prescription lenses an additional $91.20 for customers with my variety of health insurance.

Yay for family support of glasses-buying: Michael came home from work early so that I could make a 6pm appointment for an eye exam.

Boo for family support of glasses-buying: Alex didn't go to sleep for him until 8:45.

Comments

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

I had the opposite experience the last time I got glasses. I wanted a smaller frame and the saleswoman thought I should get bigger. I have no peripheral vision with glasses anyway (I do with contacts, which I am increasingly reluctant to wear because of the constant need for reading glasses), and since they didn't have any red frames, at least I could get some I liked (http://www.romm.org/minicon05/18.html). Now, the cat glasses in the currently-default picture are from my 8th birthday; the glasses in the Minicon photo are no-lined bifocals. I'm about due for new lenses again.