Time for new glasses...

During the trek around PEI with her mom, K accidentally lost her glasses. As a result, one of the chores we had when she came back home was to get a new pair. We figured it was probably a good idea to get our eyes examined, as we hadn't done so for a couple of years (we bought our last pair of glasses with our Klein Bucks).

As it turns out, my prescription changed a little for the worse in my left eye (which is already nearly twice as bad as my right) and that means it's time for new glasses! Here's what I ended up getting, after a much briefer search than the last couple of times:

I'm trying a high index refractive lens this time around, which I've never done before. My left eye, which has a prescription of -4.5 (the right has a prescription of about -2.25), has never really been thick enough to bother me. But with this pair of frames, I'm going to something that's open on the sides. And since the optician was cutting us a bit of a deal I decided to give it a go and see. What's a little vanity when it's only $50 more?

K got herself a nice pair of Prodesign Denmarks, which is the same brand she has had twice before (though this time she's going with a blue frame - crazy!). This time around, she's trying the Transitions 6 lenses so that she doesn't have to get a separate pair of sunglasses (which, if history is any indicator, would get lost within the first month of ownership).

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