Glasses

OMG, I can't believe I forgot about the new glasses I bought from Hakim Optical yesterday. It took three trips to the store before I could make the purchase (4 if I include the 1st trip to the Hakim Optical at Polo Park for eye exam).

Last Tuesday I went to the Downtown Hakim Outlet store. Though an 'outlet' the prices were the same but the store seemed to have better selection perhaps because not very many people go there so the good stuff remains. The first time I got there I spent a good 1.5 hr looking for frames, I picked out as many as 5. I liked them all but I didn't love any of them. There was one frame that I really liked the design but I didn't like the colour because it was silver and the glasses I have now are silver. So, I asked if they had it in a different colour because I noticed that they have many other frames of the same design in different colours. The very friendly sales staff helped me check other stores and the computer showed that City Place had a brown/gold pair and she told me that they could get it transferred to their store. So that was one down. Then I asked about their clip-ons and then I found out that if I'm getting 2 semi-rimless for $299, I can get clip-ons too (because they are 2 for $299 regardless of the frame style). So I picked a pair of semi-rimless clip-ons. They didn't have very many and we could only find one so it worked. The only thing that I didn't quite like about it was the fact that it doesn't have springs and from past experience, the screws tend to loosen after time, but they can be tightened. The pair that needs to be transferred has springs. So I got them to hold on to the clip-ons until Thursday when the other pair arrives from City Place.

Last Thursday After work...I went back to the store in hopes that the frame would have arrived but it didn't...there was an error in there inventory data...so the lady who worked there that day was strange, she had this very soft it seemed like she was trying to be seducing...um...weird...I couldn't understand her and...she way too old for me....lol...I was pretty creeped out at the time, lol...so I spend some time and looked for any other ones that I would possibly like...I picked out these two other pairs that were similar in form to the one I was waiting for which was the thick frame style but one was thicker and one was thinner (almost as thin as the metal framed ones). The thinner was too small and uncomfortable and too thin, it is no different from my metal frame, just a different material. The thicker one was comfortable but the lenses were a tad too large and the sides were so thick that I can see them in my vision and I think that over time it will get annoying. Since there are no returns or exchanges, I didn't want to chance it. I decided to get them to find the frame I wanted from another province. I knew I didn't want the thin and small pair so I gave it back but I got them to hold onto the thicker pair just in case...

Friday I got a call that they found the frame in an Ontario store and they will call me when it comes!

Yesterday (Thursday)...I got the call I was waiting for and the frame has arrived! I went there immediately afterwork and we all agreed that the thicker ones were too thick and these ones were just right! It will take another 7-14 business day before they are ready, but I hope that they will be ready for next Friday because we have a French meeting and I want to show them off, lol!