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I am not sure I’ve ever mentioned this here before, but I’m not much of a shopper. I’m more a run in and out of the store kind of person. Very rarely do I browse.

Thanks to my husband, I have found myself getting cheaper as I get older. That’s a good thing most of the time. My first credit card purchase was at the mall in a store called Benneton for a sweater. I was scared to wear it b/c I paid so much for it. Egads!

Usually if I have to buy something that costs a lot of money, like appliances, I like to do a little research online, or I wait for a good deal like my furniture that I got for $400 that someone was selling to my m-i-l extra cheap when it really was worth about $1000.

So like most people who wear glasses or contact lenses, when you step out of the eye exam, you head right to the next counter to buy glasses. This is so common that the stores are connected to the doctor’s offices, like pharmacy’s attached to medical buildings. I too, usually scampered over to buy the next pair of glasses.

I have to note here, that I love contact lenses, I really do. I would wear them all the time, but I am a very naughty girl. I was usually prescribed the throw away kind of lenses that you wear for two weeks with a good wash in the middle. I’m so bad, I once wore a pair of contacts for 2 months with sporadic cleanings. Why do you ask? Wasn’t I worried about infection? No. I was just interested in seeing how far I could stretch my dollar and still use them. I mean, come on, do you really think after 14 days they quit working? Hell no! That’s a scam to keep you buying them more frequently.

No, I never got an eye infection, but I did realize I was probably not doing my eyes any favors, and so I just figured I’d better stick with low maintenance glasses.

So this time, I thought I’d shop around on the internet. Shopping for glasses online is weird. You can’t try them on first. You’ve just got to jump in and buy them. I really wish that glasses were so cheap that I could buy 10 pairs to color coordinate with stuff. I’m really envious of women who just need reading glasses because then they can buy the kinds that fold up into pens, that have red polka dots, are half moons, or wear chains with pearls to keep their glasses handy at all times.

Glasses envy. Well, I found a website that sells cheap glasses. My prescription didn’t change a lot so if I have to, I can wear my borrowing gold small glasses. Meanwhile, I’m going to order some fun glasses. Throw caution to the wind and a little bit of money. Who knows?

What sort of things do you think would be weird to order online? (Can we say feminine hygiene products? or something plain like bread?)

What’s something you won’t ever buy online? (For me, that’s shoes.)