Recently I got my eyes retested, and this time instead of going to Specsavers (which my husband describes as the’ fastfood’ of the optometry world), I went to the optician that tested my daughters eyes. I had the most thorough eye test of my life, which lasted nearly an hour, and having discussed what my needs were (glasses for close work) I went to choose my frames.

Let’s just say I got a little carried away. Normally in Specsavers I would point at a rack and say ‘how much are these’ etc. This time I just started grabbing frames and trying them on, accompanied by ‘oohhs’ and ‘ahhhs’ and, ‘aren’t these pretty’. I found a pair I liked and that felt comfortable. ‘How much are these’  I asked, ‘£180′ was the reply, which meant added to the cost of my eye test, I would be paying over £210. ‘They are made of  Titanium’ was the response to my silence, ‘not gold then?’ I replied.

So, given they are important for my work, I accepted with good grace, and paid the deposit, rang my husband and gave him the happy news. A week later we went and got my new glasses.  When they handed me the glasses in their case, my first thought was that the case had probably cost as much as the glasses.

Oh well. They do look nice, and I got a free makeup mirror as well.