Sunday, January 11, 2009

I Can See You Now!

Yes, I got new glasses today.  Well, technically a couple of days before you read this thanks to scheduled posts.  But in any event, why is this so exciting? Well, probably because I have been operating on a 6 year old eyeglass prescription.  Thrifty? Yes. Wise? No.  Probably not even thrifty to be honest.  I typically go through stages where I either wear eye glasses all the time or contacts all the time.  Unfortunately my sensitive eyes can only wear the one day throw away contacts or they get all mad and red and angry.  Hmmm....maybe the glasses are thrifty.  

In any event, I have been wearing my glasses almost daily for the last six months, much to the surprise of B even though he has looked at me every day for those six months.  One day recently he said "So, why did you decide to wear your glasses today?" WHAT?  You mean the glasses I have been wearing every single day?  The glasses that you keep making fun of by putting your finger to your nose and calling me Pointdexter?  What about the time you accidentally knocked them off my face? Did you forget about that?  So observant that one.

Funny thing about the glasses is that when B and I first started dating I was in my "I love wearing my glasses every day phase" and wore them every day at work.  At night or social events, however, I would put contacts in because I felt I looked better.  Thus, whenever I saw B, I was wearing contacts. I do not know if he even knew I had glasses back then.  A coworker told me this was dishonest and that I had to wear my glasses in front of him one day because I wore them every day at work.  Um, they were glasses.  It is not like I had false teeth or something.  Okay, I just grossed myself out with that thought. Anyhow, I eventually wore them and it was not that big of a deal. Obviously. Now he doesn't even notice.

Back to the new glasses.  Amazing what a proper prescription can do especially when you are practically blind.  Immediately upon putting on my new glasses I proclaimed "God these are strong" and got a headache.  Yep, I probably set my eyes back a few years by wearing such an old prescription for the past six months.  

As for the new glasses? They must be a hit as B did not even notice them.  He did look at me funny and when I inquired if he noticed the glasses he said "I thought there was something different about you, but I thought it was your hair."  He then made me go into a well lit room to inspect the new specs.  Success was reached when he declared them "just like the other ones." Great.  $400 well spent.*

This post reminds me of another eyeglass story, aren't you lucky?

I used to go to the same eyeglass place for years. For quite some time there was this girl that worked there. I forget her name so I will call her Michelle.  Well Michelle and I shared the same exact birth day, down to the year I believe. She would remark about this every time I came in.  I am going to have to assume I bought a lot of contacts because I saw her quite often. Anyhow, around the fourth or fifth time seeing her, she somehow got the idea that I was married. I was not.  Rather than correct her, I just let it slide.  Have you ever done that?  Then it gets so involved you are not just letting it slide but actually going with the wrong assumption as if it is correct and adding details? Never happened to you? It happened to me.

Whenever I came in she would ask how my husband was doing - I would make something up.  She would ask what he did - I would make something up. Hell I even made up his name!  She would comment about shopping and spending money and how my husband would probably kill me. "Oh yes," I would declare, "he hates when that happens."  I had totally invented a make believe husband!  

I stopped going to that eyeglass place and forgot all about that girl until one day when my brother and I were strolling through the mall and wandered into an eyeglass place there. Of course Michelle was there. Before we could leave without being spotted, she yelled out to me. Of course she would remember me.  She remarked about how she hadn't seen me.  She remarked about how we shared the same birthdays.

And then she told my husband how wonderful it was to meet him.

My husband.

Also known as my brother.

Who was looking mighty confused at the time.  Rather than try to unravel years of made up stories, fabrications and a make believe husband, I just smiled and said "Yeah, we have to get going" and hustled my brother out of there. After we left, I explained it all to my brother who got a kick out of it but could not believe I had taken it so far.  Why hadn't I corrected her the first time, he asked?

"It just seemed easier not to," I said.

Obviously.



*Why are glasses so frickin' expensive?

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Marketing Gurl said...

Glad you got new specs! Sadly I am on an old perscription too. I just don't have the motivation right now to change because I have about a million contacts left and to top it off I still am okay, not happy, but okay with the current specs! Glad you love the new ones though. I am mostly 90% contacts these days!

*~Dani~* said...

MG - We need LASIK!

Anonymous said...

That is hilarious. I did something similar with my old neighbor. Emphasis on old! She thought my name was Linda, so I just went along with it because I figured she would forget my real name even if I told her. :) Until the day my other neighbor was over and heard old neighbor call me Linda and started laughing hysterically. And then corrected old neighbor who then felt like and idiot for calling me the wrong name. So, I agree its better to go along with it. :) I can picture you and your brother laughing in the mall :) The funniest part is when your mom told us to read your blog, she said it was about the time the two of you were married!! You can imagine the looks on our faces!! :)

*~Dani~* said...

Annette - it took me a minute to realize it was you. How the heck do you get Linda from Annette? It barely sounds the same. It is easier to go along with until the truth comes out like in your case. At least you are trying to spare the person's feeling. Quite often people call me Michelle. I just let them. Inevitably someone corrects them, but not me.

fingers said...

Well, it's not like you'd have much reading to do as a lawyer.
Getting new glasses just every 6 years is a super way to save money...

*~Dani~* said...

fingers - yeah, it is not like I suffer from eye strain on a daily basis. Why better it by wearing the right prescription?

phishez said...

I love getting new glasses. Except for the cost. Obviously.

I love when you put them on for the first time, and you can actually see clearly. Detail. I need new glasses. Again. Sumbitch, that's expensive.

*~Dani~* said...

phishez - that is exactly how I felt followed by an immediate headache and my eyes screaming at me for doing them wrong. They got over it quickly. Now, B, in his perfect sight never wore glasses experience, says "couldn't you tell how bad your prescription was when you wore contacts." No, contacts always look clearer because everything including your peripheral vision is clear. Perfect sight people, gah!

Marketing Gurl said...

Ha Ha! Thanks for the comment! I do need LASIK! I actually on my award purposely tried to pick newbies. I tend to stay in my own blog circle, great to branch out and find new ones! It is so freaking cold out east I just want to curl up and stay in all day. Wait that is what I did all day yesterday. Or perhaps wear fleece everything to work.

*~Dani~* said...

MG - That is a great way to get people to new blogs. Good idea. Another good idea, wearing all fleece to work. I wonder what my clients would think of me.

Jennifer said...

Wait your prescription was 6 years old? For real? That was SO long ago. YOu do need Lasik. It is so great (not to rub it in or anything).

I have a glasses post coming soon as well.

*~Dani~* said...

Jenny - um, yes 6 years old. I am a procrastinator. Now I can see so much better. Probably really not good since my prescription is so god awful. Really...bad. I wonder if I even qualify for Lasik. Can't wait for your post.

Jennifer said...

You should just go get checked out. The place I went to is right by your office. I think so anyways since I am not 100% sure where your office is. I do know someone who does know where it is though..... Maybe I could ask her......

*~Dani~* said...

Jenny - that comment was almost like I stepped into your stream of consciousness. Let me know if you find out where it is. Getting checked out couldn't hurt.

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