Lenscrafters has my number.

So, Tom and I went for eye exams last week sometime. He needs glasses and I would fall over an SUV without my lenses. We go, we get examined. I have the worst eyesight of anyone I know, so I had to get the whole retinal photo/dilation thing. I also wear contacts on occasion, so I had to get fitted for new ones. At the end of the day, I ended up spending $314 and I didn't leave with anything but an exam. Tom has glasses ordered.

Before we left, though, they tell me about ordering contacts, which I am have to do. My contacts are $40 a box (you need 2 boxes minimum, one for each eye). This is considered 3 months worth. So then they tell me I can get a year's worth for $279, with a $60 mail-in rebate. So $219 for 8 boxes total (4 for each eye). That is $27 a box! How in the hell can I pass that up? Of course, I wear contacts when we are in Florida and then approximately 3 days a year otherwise. So for me, 8 boxes will last me until Gainey graduates from high school.

So now I am thinking, screw them. I will order from our insurance at $29 a box and just get 1/2 of those. But they reeled me in with the deal, dammit. I think they smelled the fact that there was no way in hell I would spend $80 for 2 measly boxes when they dangled that "for only $140 more, you get 6 more boxes!"

Ugh. But since my insurance will sell them to me for only $29, I am going with that.

This is a horrible post. I will try to get something better up here later. This is why I don't post during the day usually. It never goes well.