Cheap Glasses

For those of you who wear glasses: this spring I got two pairs of prescription eyeglasses (including the lenses) for $8 and $12 from zennioptical.com. My old glasses have broken several times and while I've been able to repair them with superglue so far, I know they won't last forever. The glasses from Zenni Optical aren't the nicest glasses you'll ever buy, but they're great as backup glasses, prescription sunglasses (+$4.95 for the tint), or "my bank account has $50" glasses.

To buy prescription glasses online, you need to have your prescription (duh) including your "pupillary distance." You can get your prescription from your eye doctor who you got your last pair of glasses from, but you'll probably have to specifically ask for them to include the pupillary distance; as far as I know they avoid giving it out because it allows you to go elsewhere for prescriptions (but it's part of your prescription, and yours to know). At Zenni Optical, they don't require a copy of the prescription, you just enter it in yourself.

I have a few pictures of my new glasses tagged "glasses" in my flickr account.

Comment from Ben Sheldon on July 2, 2007 - 5:01pm

Thanks for the tip. Any idea where I can get the dark mustache and eyebrows to go along with them? Let us know how your improved ability to see is helping you better serve your community. :-)