Helloo!
So, bit of a weird post today.
It's all about spectacles!
Me and my sister were talking about this recently so thought I'd post about it!
For people who don't wear glasses, they can be an accessory, for fashions sake, a novelty to change how you look.
For people like me who are blind as a bat without them, they are the bane of your existence!
Let me list the pros and cons for you!
Pros: "Oh look, I can see over there!"
...That's about it.
I can see!
Cons: "They'll cost me how much for something I can't live without?!"
Specs are costly.
My last pair cost me well over £100 and that was in a sale and using a voucher cos I was a student!
My mum has paid over £300 in the past.
Crazy lady!
And you don't just pay for the glasses.
There are a whole hoard of coatings that you have to have.
Anti-scratch, anti-reflective, anti-glare.
My brother in law made the good point of asking what order the coatings go in, what if the anti-scratch itself causes glare?!
I'd like this answered very much!
The opticians I've been to since I was a kid charges £40 per coating.
Are you freaking insane?!
Oh and if you don't want milk bottle bottom lenses you pay more to get them thinned.
Damn my strong prescription.
"I'll just put you in this cupboard or under this towel while I spray this hairspray!"
Seriously, every time I spray something, I have to hide my glasses.
I trashed my last pair with hairspray, it makes the coatings disintegrate.
This also happened to my mum but by working in a hot kitchen!
Id like an anti-hairspray coating please =S
"Alreet four eyes?!"
I'm soon to be in my 24th year and I still get teased for wearing glasses!
On a more serious note, me and my fiancé nearly got beaten up for wearing them!
The hooligans must have been bored that day!
Other such cons include:
Rain: Like looking through a kaleidoscope.
Steaming up: I've walked in from the cold and now I live in Silent Hill! Hey, I think there's a coating for this now!
Smudgies: Oh you're full of fingerprints, I'll clean you on this tshirt and make you more smudged!
Dizziness: Well these are new, let me make you feel sickly for the next three days!
I'm writing this post because I just had to buy a new pair.
My last pair broke just before my nephews christening.
Talk about good timing!
I got these new ones from Asda.
They had a two for £99 offer which included all your coatings and thinner lenses.
A steal!
I bought these turtle shell, librarian chique style glasses.
I love them!
I look like such a nerd.
I also got some sunglasses similar but bigger.
Despite all the complaints I have though, I would never give them up.
They are a part of who I am and I just look odd without them!
With celebrities such as Gok Wan bringing out loverly specs its hard not to love all the quirky options.
Its just best to find offers so you can get several pairs.
Glasses are here to stay on this lass!
Anyone else love their specs?
Love Nina.
