Totally OT: Cute reading glasses!

[emily_in_nc]

Hi all,

Just wanted to pass this along as I know a lot of us are "of a certain age" where we're needing reading glasses. I have been wearing boring ones from the drugstore, but just discovered this site: www.peepers.com. They have pages and pages of cute readers for women. I need to use up my 2008 Flexible Spending Account money, and readers *are* covered, so I just ordered two pairs for spring (thinking positive - it *is* coming, right?!)

http://www.peepers.com/reading-glass...ingglasses.cfm

http://www.peepers.com/reading-glass...ingglasses.cfm

No affiliation....I just thought some others here might be interested.

[Zen]

They are pretty but...I get mine from the Dollar Store

[jobob]

Get mine from Costco. Do I win?

[maillotpois]

I wish I needed them. People who wear them look so cool - and so smart. I have a friend with a lot of thick gray hair, and he wears reading glasses, and he'll be in a deposition, reading notes, and then look at the witness OVER the glasses to ask a question, and it just looks SO cool.

I am a simple person...

[jobob]

One very nice thing about reading glasses is they make your eyes look larger.

Unlike the coke-bottle glasses I wear for my nearsightedness when I don't have my contacts on, which make my eyes look teeny-tiny.

[emily_in_nc]

I wish I needed them.

Be careful what you wish for! I don't know your age, but I've read and heard that just about everyone needs at least some reading correction by age 50, and many need it by 40. I got my first pair of readers at 46. I've been wearing contacts for distance and astigmatism correction since 18 and also have my first pair of very expensive progressive glasses since age 46 (I'm 47 now, getting close to 48). However, I've been spoiled by contacts and I hate being tied to glasses, they're not good for athletics, and they make my eyes tired, so I much prefer contacts at work (plus readers over them when I need to read fine print). So it was cool to find some cute, colorful readers instead of the boring ones I've been buying at the drugstore.

My DH never needed glasses of any kind until he was 50, when he started needing readers. He just bought them at the drugstore, but every year needed a stronger pair. Now, at 55, he wears progressive glasses full-time since even his distance vision is needing a slight bit of correction.

[shootingstar]

sigh.I just came back now from biking and shopping. Tried on a couple of these peeper-readers or whatever in different strengths. Most of the designs didn't fit..my lack of well-defined nose bridge. But then wasn't looking around hard enough for options.

yea, they would be helpful for me to thread the needle occasionally or other fine eye work. But I haven't bought any pair yet.. there's a part of me that is trying to face reality.

[shootingstar]

THis is going to sound strange but forgive me for this naive question, since I haven't needed any glasses for anything in life, except for sunglasses. But my luck may run out soon going into the 5th decade of life.. I am noticing it's just more difficult to thread a sewing hand needle when I need to alter clothing. And I used to be a regular sewer..before cycling, so I knew how sharp my vision was for many hrs. under those circumstances.

I always thought it was safest to have one's vision tested first before figuring out prescription vs. non-prescription route.

[DebTX]

I'm totally loving the Key West Sunrise...

[channlluv]

Golly, I'm going tomorrow to buy my very first readers, too. And glasses for astigmatism. Did I spell that right? I'm apparently both near and far sighted. Go figure. I'll be getting two pairs of glasses, one for driving at night and one for reading. Oy.

Women of a certain age, indeed. I'm there.

Sigh.

Roxy

[ClockworkOrange]

I love 'em, Peepers 810 Fruit Striped Gum Reading Glasses. Unfortunately wearing varifocals, they would not be deep enough.

Now this I could not believe was for real!



Clock

[wackyjacky1]

I'm apparently both near and far sighted. Go figure.

Yeah, I know what you mean! I've been ridiculously nearsighted my whole life, with wicked astigmatism, to boot. I had known that people get farsighted as they age, but I thought, "How can you be both?" Maybe, I thought, I would catch a break when my nearsightedness and increasing farsightedness converged and I would have normal vision for a while! Nope...

So far I don't need readers; for reading and up-close work, I just take off my glasses and hold things up to my nose.

[Trekhawk]

THis is going to sound strange but forgive me for this naive question, since I haven't needed any glasses for anything in life, except for sunglasses. But my luck may run out soon going into the 5th decade of life.. I am noticing it's just more difficult to thread a sewing hand needle when I need to alter clothing. And I used to be a regular sewer..before cycling, so I knew how sharp my vision was for many hrs. under those circumstances.

I always thought it was safest to have one's vision tested first before figuring out prescription vs. non-prescription route.

I have a family history of Glaucoma so I get my eyes tested by an Optometrist every year. After testing this year it was decided I needed my first pair of reading specs. The testing in Aust is free under our government health system so its not a hard decision to make. I would always go to an Optometrist before making decisions about glasses but hey that is just my opinion.

[Crankin]

I could spend my whole flexible spending account on my eyes...
I use my insurance to pay for my contacts, but I also have a pair of bifocals, which I never wear because they are plain and ugly, and my readers. I wish I could order some of those cool glasses Emily, but my head is so little, I need to buy kid's frames! So, because I wear my readers a good deal of the time, over my contacts, I had to spend the big bucks to get a cool pair.

This year, I am going to get a cool pair of bifocals.

[emily_in_nc]

I could spend my whole flexible spending account on my eyes...
I use my insurance to pay for my contacts, but I also have a pair of bifocals, which I never wear because they are plain and ugly, and my readers. I wish I could order some of those cool glasses Emily, but my head is so little, I need to buy kid's frames! So, because I wear my readers a good deal of the time, over my contacts, I had to spend the big bucks to get a cool pair.

I hear you! I upped my FSA a lot in 2008 based on my eye expenses. I knew I'd be getting progressives for the first time ($$$$$$) in Jan. '08, plus contacts (daily disposables). But our medical/dental expenses were less than expected over the year, and I stopped taking Advair, so I've ended up with a couple hundred $ extra I need to use up before 3/31. My next eye appt. is Feb. 3rd so will buy whatever contacts I need to use my 2008 money up so I won't lose any. Too bad I can't use it for a massage or something fun like that!

I did get pretty decent progressives last year -- thin wire top only frames, but I still can't stand wearing glasses all the time, even if they're cute. My eyes get red and tired if I wear them all day at work, since I'm on the computer ALL day. And sometimes they give me a headache. I much prefer contacts, and although readers are annoying since I take them on and off a lot, at least they make cute ones now. Both pairs I ordered said they would work for "narrow faces", so hopefully they'll work for me -- I don't have to get kid's frames, just smaller women's.

I am also in the process of trying multi-focal contacts, but the jury is still out. The first brand I tried gave me decent far vision but blurry near version, so I'm testing out a second brand since they're all made a little differently.