You Got Questions.. I Have Answers

Several readers had questions about my glasses. I have answers.

1.Do I have one pair of each correction that I switch between?


I'm not sure what exactly you mean, Sandra. I just have those three (plus my equally stylish sunglasses, which have only my distance prescription, since I only wear them when driving.)

I only wear the green ones at work, when I am parked in front of the computer.  I can walk around in them, and don't get dizzy or whatever because my vision isn't really that bad to start with.  I can see where I'm going, but I can't see the expression of people's faces when they're fifty feet away.  Usually that's because I forget I'm wearing them and somebody has called me to say, "Hey Lynne can you come look at my computer, something is funky," and I just get up and go. If I remember, I'll switch to my "normal" glasses for the trip, even though it means I have to bob my head up and down when I get there (because I can only see through the bottom - my "close" vision.  So is it a PITA - well, sorta, but not really.

2. How do I keep the costs down?
I never buy more than one pair a year, and I plan ahead.  If I believe I'm going to need new glasses, I add an extra $10/week to my flex spending account at the beginning of the year.  All of my glasses are in good shape, so I won't need any in 2013, though I might change my sunglasses from single vision to progressive (kinda hard to read the dials on the radio or the heater if I can't see them. Yes, it was a 'duh' moment, but hey, we all make mistakes.)

3. How many glasses do I carry around all the time?
I have the ones I am wearing, and then in my purse I have my sunglasses and my computer glasses. If I'm going to teach a class, I'll add the quilting glasses and leave the computer glasses at home.  They all have different cases, so it's easy to tell which is which.

When I travel, I leave the fussy glasses at home an only take my "normal" glasses (the ones I wear every day,) and my sunglasses.  However I always bring an older pair of glasses (like the ones I just replaced)

because accidents do happen.  (Ask me how I know this.)

Is this vanity?   Hell yeah!  But I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't spend lots of money on clothes or shoes, or purses. And I don't replace my glasses if I don't have to.  This year, my prescription changed, and my everyday glasses (the ones I am holding in my hands, above) were four years old.

Is this vanity? No way.  Having a pair of "computer glasses" makes work SO MUCH EASIER, relieves the strain on my neck and erases frustration.  Same thing with the computer glasses. I can work easily all day long, I can see what I'm sewing, what I'm cutting and what I'm doing.  When I cook or bake, I use the "normal" bifocals.

One last thing. Every year my optician has a special day when all his reps come in with their complete lines of frames. (The selection is staggering.) On that day he gives $100 off every pair of glasses he sells.  Guess which day I get new glasses?

Would you like to see some of the glasses I have had in the past?

These blue and red Armanis were my everyday glasses for a few years.

 These nifty black and white glasses were my computer glasses for years until my prescription changed.

I love glasses.