New Glasses(es)

Once upon a time, I solicited your help in picking out a new pair of glasses. Remember? The problem with glasses is that, like many goods and services, they cost money, which is in short supply when you're unemployed. So I held out until I found a good deal, courtesy of JC Penney. Said deal actually allowed me to get two pairs for less than the price of one pair of glasses/lenses at other places. For a guy who felt like he wasn't capable of picking out a suitable pair, getting two pairs took a lot of the pressure off. It allowed me to hedge my bets and get a more conservative pair to offset a bolder pair, and to get two different colors. Here are the results:

The first pair is roughly analogous to 'A' from the former post (but silver), which fared well in the poll. The second pair is nearly identical to 'C', which was by far the most divisive pair in the mix (scroll down to the comments section for that post - it's a battleground between the 'C' lovers and haters). Like the haters, I had some reservations about them - that they were too trendy, that they're a very different look for me - but when I tried them on again I just liked them. I slept on it and later took friends to the store with me who supported my decision (I liked the sentiment of my friend Nichole*, who said that they sent a message like "I'm wearing glasses, dangit!")

In case you have forgotten how my previous pair of glasses looked, here is a reminder for comparison's sake:

One thing that both of my new pairs of glasses have going for them is that they lack that "got flattened by a car" quality possessed by my former pair. But maybe the "flattened by a car" look will be hot in the future, so maybe I'll hang on to them.

After wearing naught but contacts every day for over three months, my exhausted eyes were more than ready for a break. However, I've had to adjust to wearing glasses again. When I first put them on they made the world look so flat. I got used to my whole field of vision being sharply in focus and suddenly my peripheral vision was blurry. For the first few days I get a little dizzy every time I turned my head sharply to the left or right. Fortunately, I have gotten over that and I am happily bespectacled once again.

*Happy birthday, Nichole!