I saw this at That Grrl (a really witty and fun blog to read) and wanted to do it. I don’t know it if is part of a meme or not. Sometimes I see memes on other people’s blogs that I SO want to do, but no one invites me. :( So I’ll throw a party myself.

I’m going to type in the first things that comes to mind for the following words:

Unconscious Mutterings

1. Questioning :: curious

2. Immunity :: vaccination

3. Online dating :: gross

4. Calcium :: tablets :-p

5. Dressing :: salad (mmm)

6. Bucket :: hole

7. Stain :: dress

8. Advanced :: guitar lessons

9. Dramatic :: theatre

10. Self-medication :: unconscious

Well, that was short and sweet! That’s how I like them. :) Play it if you want. And if you discover another fun one, remember that I like parties. :)

I’ve bought eyeglasses online. Yes I have! They’ve worked out very well. But I’m sick of wearing glasses. I’m dabbling– for the first time in my life after wearing glasses for 35 years!– into the liberating world of contact lenses! I’ve been shopping around and came across Acuvue Oasys at 1-800-GET-LENS. What a difference! Why pay full retail price when I could get them from a direct-to-consumer marketer for up to 70% less than my doctor’s office? I’ve been very displeased with the so-called “service” I’ve been getting from the eyeglass store in my optometrist’s office. :-p Time to shop around. The eyeglass store has told me they would charge me about $200 per contact per eye. Not including tax! Holy cow! I could buy a car with that money! Most of the cost comes from expensive middle-men and handling. No way.

I know I couldn’t just get any old contact lenses; plus, I’m more comfortable with a “name brand” familiar company who has been in the business for a while. I found out that the Acuvue Oasys are made by Johnson & Johnson, a long established company. And the lenses are slightly tinted so that they can detected when sitting in the solution. This makes it easy for blind-bats like me to find the lenses! And the contact lenses have something called “Hydraclear Plus technology” to keep eyes from drying out. So they seem very high-quality.

These lenses are tinted for ease of handling and will not change the color of your eye. The tint is simply designed to facilitate locating the contact lenses in solution. And I saw lenses as low as $17 a box! I’ve been seriously thinking about contact lenses, but it has always been the extremely high retail price that made me skittish. The lenses at 1-800-GET-LENS look spectacular.

Has anyone ever ordered contact lenses online? I’d love to know how it went!