I'm sorry, but I've been dying to post this somewhere . . .



I normally wear prescription glasses, but have traded them out for contacts while I'm swimming. I'm blind as a bat and would rather wear contacts (and keep my face out of the water) than stumble around in a blur or attempt to wear glasses in the pool.

Anyway . . . My prescription glasses have transition lenses and gosh, I forget how bright it gets outside without them! Not wanting to spend a ton on sunglasses at the moment, I just happened to find this pair at a dollar store! They'll tide me over until I afford a nicer, sturdier pair.

And on a side note, I never thought I'd be happy over the way I look with my hair up. My mom always used to tell me I was hiding behind my hair and even made me cut it off short because of it. But I'm not as self-conscious these days and it's a pretty good feeling. I also can't believe how much my face has slimmed down over time.

They look cute on you. Depending on how into the swimming you plan to get (and for how long), you might want to look into prescription swim goggles. I have a friend who is a competition swimmer and he has them. I don't know how much they cost, just that he called them an investment, so apparently not cheap. He loves it though and says he will never go without them again.

wow, a dollar store?? they look great! good for you.

I get shaded lenses that clip onto my glasses, otherwise I have to get perscription sunglasses and I'm too cheap to do that (my glasses cost $300). I used contacts many moons ago, and they're probably much better now, but I ended up preferring glasses.

super super cute!!!!

I'm afraid of contacts, I know it sounds silly but I just can't imagine putting anything near my eye. It's bad enough putting eyeliner on. I have prescription "sunglasses" which are really just really dark tinted lenses. I got them on one of those deals where you get 2 pairs of glasses a couple years ago... I probably should get some new ones actually. My regular glasses are getting so scratched and beat up. I've had them for about 5 and a half years now... hard to believe it's been that long!