No love in a google VisionWorks search. I wonder if they've been bought out...

Consumer Reports rates Costco's prescription glasses highly, and Costco has some reasonable frames.

Thanks! That is a confidence builder.

I have flashbacks, though. Of A.G.E. which was the government employee (read: military) discount store where my father first had my eye's checked. They gave me white with gold flecks, cat-eye glasses with frosted nail polish over the left eye. This was a not!patch attempt to get my right eye (which is the slackiest of slackers) to perform. I was to wear them for two years and then 'go to a special school' to help me relearn how to use my left eye.

They gave me a wicked headache...not to mention the sheer embarrassment...even at 9 years old.

I accidently tossed them into a dumpster behind my school. I figured the beating for 'losing' them was a small price to pay.

Now, I see what incredible damage that little scheme might have done and I'm grateful for that teeny bit of presense of mind.

So. In conclusion...glasses, quite the challenge for me.

chop onions

So funny you should mention this, Jess. I've been chopping a lot of onions lately. I'm sure my technique sucks ass, because it takes a long time, and my wrist hurts when I do it. S never says a word, but I'd be surprised if she wasn't telling me the right way to do it in her head.

It's also possible that our knives need to be sharpened.

Cash, I hope your sister's okay. Daisy, I hope things go better with Mr. Jane.

I wonder how much lenses and frames would be at Target without insurance. Also, I wonder how much an exam costs. S could possibly use some new glasses.

Robin, everyone else has better knowledge and advice, but I can give gentle hugs.

I have flashbacks, though. Of A.G.E. which was the government employee (read: military) discount store where my father first had my eye's checked.

Military glasses are notoriously the ugliest glasses in the world. I can only imagine non-military, government-issue glasses are a narrowly close second.

(Except that, in rereading the very sentence I copied from Beej, it's clear that they were still military, so UGLY!)

Seany- here are some coupons, only a couple would pertain to S. [link]

Also, I remember them being very reasonable. Give them a call.

Yeah, me too. I guess her mom was quite horrible to her about it, saying, "Are you trying to tell me that there are NO moving trucks in the ENTIRE city of Boston?" Um, YES!

Labor Day weekend, and on the first of the month? I don't doubt it for a minute.

I was going to SAY - this person knows nothing about Boston, does she?

Don't worry, it's not much of a college town.

t /Spinal Tap

Don't worry, it's not much of a college town.

Hence my comment yesterday that the streets are littered with Freshman.

t /Get offa my lawn!

Hi Frank! Sorry I didn't meet up with you at North Station. I was in a daze, and a rush to get to my commuter shuttle.

Hi Frank! Sorry I didn't meet up with you at North Station. I was in a daze, and a rush to get to my commuter shuttle.

No worries; I figured you'd be gone. I got buried in a middle seat in the middle of the next car so it took me forever to get out of there.

How to dice an onion the true and proper way. Learn it! Love it!

I embraced the Rio theory of Don't Be Cheap When Buying Glasses a few years ago, and never looked back. I figure, I'm basically buying a face -- buying one really nice pair of frames every three or four years just makes more sense than buying a cheap pair that I'm going to get sick of or break every 10 months.

Robin, I don't have anything to add except I hope the doctor has some answers and you feel better soon.

I don't care how my husband chops onions, but I find it necessary to re-fold every towel he's just folded. Fortunately, he laughs at me instead of emptying the laundry basket over my head.

We don't really separate for girls/boys night out, but we do have times when we just want to spend time with someone sans spouse. I think we both make an effort to have those evenings when the other person is tied up with something else -- I work one night a week, he has a frisbee practice or I have yoga, etc.

IOW, Daisy Jane, I hope things are looking better this morning.