Don't Call Me Four-Eyes!

I went to the eye doctor this weekend to get a new prescription for my contacts. It was all routine until she looked at my right eye. She freaked out and before I knew what had happened, she had put this neon yellow dye in my eye. She shined a really bright light in it and mumbled to herself (she has an accent so she's hard to understand). Then she went on to explain to me that I can't wear my contacts because I have an ulcer on my cornea. "Are you serious?" I ask while wiping the yellow goop off of my eye...she was serious. She gave me a prescription for some drops and said that she would check it again in a week, if it hasn't gotten better then I have to wear glasses until it does. Otherwise it could tear my cornea and I would have to get a cornea transplant or may go blind in my right eye.

I'm hearing her say all of this and all I can think is GLASSES...I don't want to wear my glasses...I hate my glasses!!! But I guess its better to be a nerd for one week than having to wear an eye patch for the rest of my life (again, the pirate thing is just not that sexy on a girl). Still, if I was going to have to wear my glasses, then I was getting new ones! New ones that made me look hot! Ones that said "I'm wearing my glasses becasue they are chic and sophisticated, not because I have to."

I returned a too-expensive dress that I had bought last weekend and went to Lens Crafters. Ok, so I'm picky, I can admit it. I tried on almost every frame in the store (including some children's and men's) and narrowed it down to about eight of them. I tired all of them on in a close-up mirror (because I couldn't see myself in the ones on the wall). I picked out these black ones...waited an hour...went to pick them up...looked at myself in them with clear vision...and HATED them. Well, Lens Crafters has a 30 day return policy...I can exchange them however many times I want in 30 days--no problem. Well, so I had to special order good lenses and special order frames, so I decided that these will have to do until the ones I want come in...but the good news is that my vision has gotten a little better...so that means that objects are now a little bit clearer right before I bump into them.