Respectacles
18 December 2018 09:16![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nym_wibblyFirst thing I'm going to need to do in the new year, or as soon as I can - get my old glasses frames reglazed with my new prescription. I've been dutifully wearing my NHS-voucher pair to write and sort a lot of backup files over the past few days. I now have actual dents in my nose, a sore on one side, and one of my ears is threatening to peel away from my head with an infection from the pressure there. And this was the most comfortable pair in the shop, never mind the NHS-voucher range. The nose pressure triggers migraines, though I've managed to whack them on the head with Imigran, so far.
There was a reason I paid £300 for an ultra-lightweight "designer" pair 10 years ago, had them fitted with ultra-lightweight tinted lenses, looked after them like they were gold-plated diamonds, and kept reglazing them rather than replacing them. And it sure as hell wasn't that they were "designer".
I couldn't afford to reglaze them this year. The NHS free pair is fine for brief-wearing, but I clearly can't settle in and work with them on. Blah. Why the NHS voucher can't fully cover a reglaze when it can cover a whole new pair with identical lenses, I was unable to find out. Maybe Boots just overcharge for reglazing because they make their money selling new frames? Technically I need two pairs - one for close/screen work and one for general, but I've managed to adapt to the close-work lenses alone. I don't really need the extra confusion of having to decide what to put on my face every time I want to look at something, and I don't yet need them to enjoy TV or spot the birdies.
So. Step 1: Save money until enough money. Step 2: Find out if other places reglaze cheaper than Boots. Step 2a: Find out pupillary distance measurement from Boots in case somewhere online offers me a better priced reglaze.
There was a reason I paid £300 for an ultra-lightweight "designer" pair 10 years ago, had them fitted with ultra-lightweight tinted lenses, looked after them like they were gold-plated diamonds, and kept reglazing them rather than replacing them. And it sure as hell wasn't that they were "designer".
I couldn't afford to reglaze them this year. The NHS free pair is fine for brief-wearing, but I clearly can't settle in and work with them on. Blah. Why the NHS voucher can't fully cover a reglaze when it can cover a whole new pair with identical lenses, I was unable to find out. Maybe Boots just overcharge for reglazing because they make their money selling new frames? Technically I need two pairs - one for close/screen work and one for general, but I've managed to adapt to the close-work lenses alone. I don't really need the extra confusion of having to decide what to put on my face every time I want to look at something, and I don't yet need them to enjoy TV or spot the birdies.
So. Step 1: Save money until enough money. Step 2: Find out if other places reglaze cheaper than Boots. Step 2a: Find out pupillary distance measurement from Boots in case somewhere online offers me a better priced reglaze.