- The chance for a really lazy morning after a rough night of sleep
- fresh fruit
- watching a movie and catching up on some emails all afternoon (gotta love some of the lines from The Princess Diaries)
- blog comments
- new glasses, with pretty purple arms
Friday, July 08, 2011
Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 326
Today's Daily 5:
New Eyes
I've had my current set of glasses for probably about 4 years now, and I still love them, but they're starting to get a bit worn. This is what they look like in all of their orange and purple glory:
I received a notice last week that a website my eye doctor had recommended, Clearly Contacts was having a great sale. Since I had a current prescription, and knew that these glasses probably wouldn't last a whole lot longer, I decided to take advantage of the sale, and ordered a new pair of glasses, paying $71 for everything, including anti glare coating, UV coating, anti-scratch coating, and shipping.
They arrived early in the week and I excitedly put them on and discovered I couldn't see through them. A quick call to my eye doctor confirmed that he had written the prescription down incorrectly. There's a difference between -2.25 and +2.25! I called Clearly Contacts, wondering what would happen, and they were great! They sent me a return shipping label (with the shipping at their expense) for the glasses I'd received, and re-placed the order, at the same price, but with the correct prescription, telling me the new glasses would arrive in about a week. They arrived three days later! I will most definitely be ordering from this company again - their prices and service were fantastic and I was thrilled with the glasses I ordered, which were a good size fit, thanks to the ability to match your existing glasses with new frames of comparable size on their website.
And now, the grand reveal! This is my newest set of eyes. They're a black frame with purple undertones, and arms that sparkle bright purple in the light, and I definitely love them!
They arrived early in the week and I excitedly put them on and discovered I couldn't see through them. A quick call to my eye doctor confirmed that he had written the prescription down incorrectly. There's a difference between -2.25 and +2.25! I called Clearly Contacts, wondering what would happen, and they were great! They sent me a return shipping label (with the shipping at their expense) for the glasses I'd received, and re-placed the order, at the same price, but with the correct prescription, telling me the new glasses would arrive in about a week. They arrived three days later! I will most definitely be ordering from this company again - their prices and service were fantastic and I was thrilled with the glasses I ordered, which were a good size fit, thanks to the ability to match your existing glasses with new frames of comparable size on their website.
And now, the grand reveal! This is my newest set of eyes. They're a black frame with purple undertones, and arms that sparkle bright purple in the light, and I definitely love them!
Friday
It's Friday, and I'm taking it easy.
I had a rough night. I've been dreaming a lot lately. And it was the one night of the year where the heat actually hit the basement, and I tossed and turned, sweaty and uncomfortable between dreams.
So, the city has gone crazy, because it's Stampede, and even crazier than usual because the Royal Newlyweds, Will and Kate are in town for the first days of Stampede - the last official stop on the Canadian part of their first tour. That means I'm pretty much going to avoid downtown for the next ten days. Stampede is a major tourist attraction, but mostly it seems to be an excuse for the entire city to party and drink to excess for ten days every summer. Calgary actually has a baby boom every year nine months after Stampede.
That said, Stampede always means free food. If you know where to look, you can get a free pancake breakfast every morning and usually a BBQ lunch and supper somewhere too. I'll definitely be getting pancakes at least once or twice, and I'm going to my first BBQ, hosted by Dad's church, tonight. (I'm providing the country music CDs for that one!)
I accepted a two week temp position as a receptionist, starting next Wednesday. It'll be good to have a bit of income again. And, in the mean time, I'm going to take it easy for a few days, see a few friends, do some reading and resting. And then, then it'll be time for new things to start again.
I'm thankful for Fridays. For time to be quiet and rest.
I had a rough night. I've been dreaming a lot lately. And it was the one night of the year where the heat actually hit the basement, and I tossed and turned, sweaty and uncomfortable between dreams.
So, the city has gone crazy, because it's Stampede, and even crazier than usual because the Royal Newlyweds, Will and Kate are in town for the first days of Stampede - the last official stop on the Canadian part of their first tour. That means I'm pretty much going to avoid downtown for the next ten days. Stampede is a major tourist attraction, but mostly it seems to be an excuse for the entire city to party and drink to excess for ten days every summer. Calgary actually has a baby boom every year nine months after Stampede.
That said, Stampede always means free food. If you know where to look, you can get a free pancake breakfast every morning and usually a BBQ lunch and supper somewhere too. I'll definitely be getting pancakes at least once or twice, and I'm going to my first BBQ, hosted by Dad's church, tonight. (I'm providing the country music CDs for that one!)
I accepted a two week temp position as a receptionist, starting next Wednesday. It'll be good to have a bit of income again. And, in the mean time, I'm going to take it easy for a few days, see a few friends, do some reading and resting. And then, then it'll be time for new things to start again.
I'm thankful for Fridays. For time to be quiet and rest.
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