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Sep 29, 2006    |      0 comments

No Friday Blog Highlight This Week

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I have been working a lot this week, and while I love the overtime…it hasn’t left much time for other things. I was hoping to get a break during work today to prepare a Blog Highlight post but it didn’t happen.

I’m also feeling a little under the weather. Probably because of the season change and from not getting much sleep lately. I think I need to recharge a bit, rest my eyes, and get away from the computer for a while.

I may or may not be posting this weekend, since I could use some R&R. I have a gazillion things to do and I need to get focused and get things done. Right now I feel like I’m doing bits and pieces of things and not accomplishing anything. I haven’t even updated my Quicken file in a while! It would be nice to put a few more dollars towards debt before the end of the month but I have some major catching up to do. That reminds me…I have another confession to share…

Anyways, I’ll try to get back on schedule next week with the blog highlights and one of these days I’ll be a consistent blogger. Right now the times I post are all over the board. It’s basically when I have a moment to write what’s on my mind.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Sep 28, 2006    |      1 comment

Frugal Glasses No More…

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Back in May, I revealed a trick I used when my glasses broke. I called them my frugal glasses.

Well, not too long after that post, they broke. I shopped around, and couldn’t find a pair of sunglasses that would work with my lenses. Luckily, my mom sent me some of her old frames and I have been using them ever since May. The lenses did not fit well at all…but I was buying more time before I had to spend money for brand new ones.

Things were working out well. I had a few pairs of contacts I could put in when I ventured out of the home, and at home I would wear my glasses. I just had to be very careful with the lenses.

Well, last week a lens popped out and my vision is very poor without my glasses. I’m not sure what happened, but when I found my lens there was a big scratch on it. Upon further inspection, there are tons of little scratches all over the lenses. No wonder I have been squinting so much.

I made the appointment last Saturday and my appointment was today. I thought for sure I would cancel the appointment, but I did go. I knew I couldn’t buy any more time and I just had to spend the money.

The total bill came to $249.00 at Wal-Mart for the glasses and the eye exam. There’s a bit of good news, my eyes didn’t change much at all. Now that I know my vision is fairly stable, I plan on buying a new pair of glasses with my current prescription before it expires in two years. That way if my new glasses break I’ll have a back-up. And, I picked frames that have smaller lenses so I have a better chance of finding sunglasses that would work as frames if I have to do that again 😉

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