I spent a good chunk of the afternoon looking at and picking out some new eyeglass frames, as well as getting an eye examination. The eye exam was fast and easy, and finding a new set of frames turned out to be bit easier than expected. And a lot more expensive than I had originally planned.
I had a very friendly and helpful salesperson/consultant at the optical shop - in fact, I had two! I started off trying some "basic" frames just find a good shape and general size, then they started pulling out a bunch of possibilities. I must have tried at least 30 different frames. Then "Helen" had an idea, and she went over to a separate display case, and brought back a couple of frames. They all fit perfectly, and they all looked pretty cool on me too. Price-wise, they weren't that bad either, so I picked a #1 and #2 pair - with the intent of going ahead and buying two pairs if I felt like it. That was the "good news".
Then came the "bad news". Since my prescription is on the high side, I had to get indexed lenses... Which, due to the style of my frames, actually cost just as much as the frames. *If I wanted the super-high index lenses, they would have ended up costing almost twice as much as the frames. Well...
I was still thinking of going ahead and buying two pairs of glasses, so I asked the guy what kind of deal they could work out for me. He crunched some numbers, after which I basically went into sticker shock. I mentioned some of the deals and coupons they had been advertising, and he re-crunched the numbers. So... I still ended up spending a lot(!) more money than I had planned today, but come the end of next week, I will have two new pairs of eyeglasses - both titanium, one whole frame in dark brown, one half-frame in copper from
EYEFUNC - and I managed to get a pair of standard frame prescription sunglasses with regular plastic lenses thrown in for free(!).
