The Sewing Mom

This post brought to you by Zenni Optical. All opinions are 100% mine.

I’ve been noticing over the past several months, particularly when I’m working, staring at a computer screen, that everything I’m looking at is a taking on a fuzzy look.  The words on the screen are harder to see.  Reading words in a book is becoming a bit too straining on my eyes, and that tiny print on aspirin bottles?  Forget about it!

I know I need new  eyeglasses, but they are so expensive.  I had budgeted in to our annual health savings account for this year, but a couple of other things came up that ate up that budget, so I’m having to wait.  My prescription sunglasses are at least a year older than my regular glasses, and that prescription is slightly different too.  My insurance only covers up to a certain dollar amount, and that amount doesn’t even cover one pair of glasses, much less two pair.

I’ve been hearing a lot about the cheap eyeglasses from Zenni Optical. From what I understand, the only thing cheap about the glasses they offer is the price!  Seriously, even after my insurance pays their part, I still end up spending at least $150 by the time I get the bifocals and everything I need in the lens, and of course, I have a tendency to always find the most expensive pair of frames in the shop.  I’ve look at the Zenni website and I have found several frames that look almost identical to the expensive frames currently on my face.

I think it’s a great way to save money, and right now, I can use all the help I can get with our household budget!  Remember, we have a teenager and teenagers are constantly “needing” one thing or another that seems to require me to open my wallet, time after time!