unscratched lenses, of a brand new prescription

The day finally came, I got some new glasses.

I have worn some variation of glasses or contacts since my high school days (nothing like typing that phrase to make you feel old) starting out with some ugly blue metal (nu metal?) frames that made me look ridiculous and restricted my accessorising fun, ending up in some Gucci frames that were nice but really didn't suit my face. I stopped wearing my glasses (naughty) because I just didn't feel like me whilst wearing them, and my prescription was small enough to get away with squinting occasionally.

When I first tried contact lenses after years of telling myself that I could not under any circumstances touch my eye, I felt like a new woman. Turns out, I could touch my eye, and not only that, but I could do it twice daily in return for perfect vision. Who'd have thought? I loved suddenly not getting any tired eyes or headaches and the fact that contacts allowed me to wear whatever glasses I wanted to, but moving to Spain and not taking enough lenses with me meant that I ended up once again being naughty and not doing what my eyes wanted (or needed) me to. In my defence I did visit the optician in Spain but it was pretty confusing because no matter how confident you feel in a language, an eye test is an odd thing to do in your own tongue, and a lot of the terminology won't be in your vocabulary.

I came back to England and put off ordering any more contacts simply because I could see okay without them, but the headaches and tired eyes started again and I vowed to change my disorganised ways once and for all. I also had a hankering for some trendy glasses that I could wear when I wanted to, for health reasons even the most avid lens wearers should have a pair of glasses to hand in case of infection or just to give your eyes a little break, but my trusty (and hideously outdated) Gucci frames not only didn't suit me, but also had my high school prescription.

I'd been longing for some bigger frames, call them geek glasses, hipster glasses, Where's Wally glasses, whatever you like, I wanted them. I'd tried them on but felt a bit ridiculous and always chickened out of the final purchase. Being a blogger definitely has its perks, and recently a company called Coastal Contacts offered to let me try their services and order some glasses of my choosing. I took the opportunity to get my dream glasses, the Ray Ban Wayfarers in Dark Havana which is a deep tortoiseshell, it almost looks black from far away but up close looks a lovely colour and isn't as harsh as the black in my opinion. They do have a UK site and a couple of other countries (see the flags in the top left of the screen) and I'm going to be ordering my lenses with them for days when I don't feel like wearing glasses, but my package arrived with FedEx promptly and safely and I'm more than happy to recommend them.

Apologies for the iPhone photos in this post, I'm not at home but I was so excited by my new glasses I wanted to blog immediately! Have you got a Ray Ban addiction?

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