Benefits are awesome

For no other reason than we have a vision plan as part of our benefits plan at work, I got myself some new specs.

For those of you with fine vision, you miss out on getting to pick out fancy new glasses. But then again, you get to see well all of the time. So I guess it all evens out, no?

Two and a half years ago, I got myself red Cynthia Rowley frames a la Sally Jessie Raphael.

This time, I got me some Calvin Klein.

Watch out, Rivetergirl's getting all cute.

New Specs

Last month, as I'm sure y'all will remember, Uber and I went to the optometrist. Uber ordered some reading glasses (at 46 he still only needs reading glasses — I've been wearing glasses and contacts since I was in high school) and I ordered myself some new spectacles.

I didn't really need new glasses. Here's a picture I took of myself yesterday wearing my old glasses:
I like these glasses. But we just got vision insurance and I wanted new glasses. So new glasses I got.

Here's a picture of me with my new glasses (also taken by myself ... at my desk. I can only imagine what my co-workers think of me):I love these new glasses despite the fact that these aren't even the ones I ordered.

I ordered these in mocha. But they were back ordered and I'm impatient, so I let them put my new lenses in the ruby version of the same frames ... and I love 'em. I'm keeping 'em. Brown = ho hum. Ruby = red, hot 'n' spicy.

Plus I ordered transitions photosensitve lens, so they turn to sunglasses when I go outside. And really that was my major objection to my old pair — I hate being in the sun without sunglasses.

Now I don't have to. Woot!

Oh and as a little bonus, my new glasses came with this cute case. Check it:So I'm going to be a glasses-wearing fool for the next couple of weeks then I'll get bored with wearing glasses and go back to my contacts.