The worst thing about wearing glasses? No, it’s not being called “four eyes” — we’re not twelve anymore. It’s when your specs get screwed up and you’re forced to shell out $150+ for new frames and another $100 for the lenses. Nuts to that. It’s these inflated prices (seriously, this stuff is made of plastic, Tupperware cranks out more sculpted product at a fraction of the cost) that force you to wear the same tired frames everyday, furiously scrubbing and buffing to smooth over months of cloudy crap, pretending like it doesn’t bother you that the stupid things start slipping off your nose when you bend forward.
So thank goodness for clever friends who are willing to take one for the team and order a whole bunch of new prescription glasses off of the internet (because we’re skeptical by nature and not willing to throw good money at bad product, sometimes you have to outsource the research).
Zenni Optical sells complete prescription eyeglasses, frames and lenses, starting at $8. Seriously, $8. And the best part? It’s totally legit! The new glasses have been tested against the old ones and, wouldn’t you know, they’re just as good, if not better since they’re new and not yet grimy and gross.
The site has literally thousands of fun frames to pick from, everything from regular reading glasses to sunglasses, so why not splurge? Call your optometrist to get your current prescription, order a handful of funky frames from the website, and get excited to start having more eyewear options — heck, start color coordinating with your outfit du jour, why not? They’re EIGHT DOLLARS. Sit on them, scratch them, throw them out the car window; the thought of losing or scratching your glasses suddenly isn’t so scary.
Thank you, internet. You’re the marvelous shopping mall that keeps giving and giving.
