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I haven’t been on here in forever and I have two observations:

1. This tumblr thing is messed up. No replies now?

2. The only thing I ever hear from tumblr is that someone new is following me. And it’s always someone I have to block...

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I had one of the best Thanksgivings I’ve ever had as an adult (i.e. not living at home with my parents and traveling to visit relatives). There were 8 of us - 6 of my really fun friends and one student who would have gotten stuck have Thanksgiving in the cafeteria (yuck). The turkey was picture perfect (except we forgot to take a picture), we had yummy sides, lots of great desserts and, best of all AMAZING COCKTAILS. Caramel apple martinis and pumpkin pudding shots. Lots of love all around. 

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Waaaaaaaa! Poor Tom Terrific.

@broncos @patriots #broncos #yes #always

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@ladyfabulous they are awesome. My computer glasses, which resembled my $950 glasses but at about $55, are still good even if they occasionally need to be tightened up. Unfortunately, they don’t make my regular prescription or I’d be ordering sunglasses.

HOW TO BUY LOW-COST GLASSES

If you are like me, you are low income. It doesn’t matter why, but you are and sometimes you need things to prevent your quality of life from dipping too much. Like a decent pair of eyeglasses.

Zenni Optical was brought to my attention by one of the residents at the clinic I interned at. The staff is remarkably skilled and it was my privilege to be able to work with them for 300 hours. Anyway, they serve many low-income folks and, instead of them sending them to their optician to look at frames, they recommended taking the up to date prescription and plugging it in at Zenni to get a good pair.

What you need

Your eyeglasses prescription. Get it however:

Dig it up from your paperwork

Call the last place that did your exam and pick it up

Pay for a new eye exam, decline fitting, and take the paper

Your pupillary distance

This is likely on your script somewhere. Look for “PD” and the number behind it. Otherwise, try this.

Here’s what you do:

Make an account at Zenni.

Plug in your prescription. I won’t go into the details of why and how scripts are written the way they are and how cool it is. Just plug in the values exactly as you see them. OD (ocular dexter) is the right eye and OS (ocular sinister) is the left. Sphere, cylinder, and axis for each. 

It should look like this: 

Now shop for some glasses and order. 

Cheapest pair is about $7. Shipping is a flat $4.95 no matter how many pairs you order. Sales are often so, sometimes, shipping is free.

You can also order prescription sunglasses! Just make to order a regular pair in whatever frame, import the prescription you plugged in, and choose Add Standard Lens Tint. 

I recently order my sunglasses because my eyes are going to boil out of their sockets. Took about a week. Came with a lens wipe cloth, PD ruler, and a case. Lenses are accurate and the frame doesn’t feel cheap or unbalanced. 

SUPER.

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‘Bout time!

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@gailgoldfish, I just saw your question about vintage engagement rings. I’d try Etsy and do a search on vintage. Until I saw the one you linked to, I thought you were looking for something more like this. I have one that’s similar that I inherited from my mother. But this one is more like you wanted. What’s your price range? Also wanted to mention that Tom Mathis, at Symmetry Jewelers (near me) makes gorgeous rings in that style. Price range completely depends on size of stone, etc.  I know you guys have been together forever but still, congratulations!

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Oh this is so awesome...

Winner of neighborhood costuming contest!

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I’m going to visit @sunakoshops! Today! We’re both so excited we’re bouncing around like happy puppies. Tomorrow, we’re doing some serious shopping with one of my favorite shopping buddies who moved up there. Double trouble!

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One of my colleagues has a colleague from another university coming to visit and she is insisting that I need to do something social with this person, either lunch or a drink after work on a Friday. I’m happy to meet the guy and talk to him but I am not at all interested in going out to lunch or out for a drink. She is pushing me... I need to just say no. 

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artielu said: well hmm. i was not attached to the last name i was born with because it’s my asshole father’s last name. i wasn’t sorry to be rid of it when i got married.

@artielu, I can totally see that, especially where you want to be rid of your family name. I wasn’t particularly attached to my last name because I wasn’t as close to my father’s family as my mother’s and I had no attachment to that ethnicity (and, FWIW, my ex’s ethnicity was similar). But I still prefer my name to someone else’s. Not maligning other people’s choices. I just feel strongly about it for me. I was shocked when my friend got married at 62 and let her husband talk her into changing her name. I found that strange. She had been married before and her name wasn’t her kids’ name either. 

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Can I just say that I would *never* change my name again if I got married and I highly recommend *not* changing your name. I mean, I guess if you have kids, it’s more important to have their name, but seriously, I did it and it was a mistake and I would never do it again. It made sense at the time, but no. 

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Wow! These are gorgeous. I would so wear them. 

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I had about the best birthday weekend I’ve had in ages. Everything went right. Even the weather!  I did everything I wanted and spent time with all the right people (and one person in particular). Went to a fabulous new-ish restaurant in my neighborhood. Spent last night with my love eating pumpkin cake and watching the Saints win in overtime. He left this morning and now I’m snuggling the kitty and comforting her for all of the snuggle time we missed over the weekend having company.

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Yes! sunakoshops has been in Asia for the past week and, for days, she couldn’t text me. We usually check in at least once a day. I miss her so much!

Did you ever just feel so lucky for knowing someone you met online? Like.. I was one click away from not following you. I was one second away from never even knowing of your existence.  I would never have been this happy. 

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Bought myself an early birthday present. The holy water ring from Novica. They only had a size 8 but it fits nicely on my index finger.

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More photos from Yarndale, artwork, angora bunnies, alpacas and giant sheep costumes!