Allison was so excited about her new glasses she even wanted to sleep with them.
About six months ago Allison's trusty glasses broke. I told her it was about time; most people don't wear the same pair of glasses for seven and a half years. She claims that she got them from Walmart for only $9 when she was in ninth grade. I think she got her money's worth.
We were on our way home from grocery shopping, playing our usual game of "who-can-carry- the-most-bags-up-three-flights-of-icy-stairs-in-one-trip-without-dropping-anything" when Allison dropped her glasses. It was unfortunate because she was on the third story and $9 Walmart frames can only handle dropping two stories. I found one half dangling from the stairs on the second floor, I would have to go to the bottom floor to find the next half.
Yes, that's right, they were broken right down the middle: two even pieces. At first we tried to tape them together; tape wouldn't hold. Next we tried super glue; still no hold. Allison wasn't discouraged. She knew that although the glasses were in two pieces, she had two hands: she could always hold the two pieces to her face if she became desperate. After sitting through the 2 hour Peking Acrobat show, watching my wife struggle to keep her glasses held up to her face, I decided that it was time to treat my wife to new glasses. She wasn't convinced. I explained to her that we would only need to pay a small co-pay due to her wonderful insurance, still she was convinced that it wasn't a "need." I decided that I would need to be smarter. I waited until her next day off and told her I wanted to take her on a special date. Although she was excited about the date, she was not happy that I seemed to be rushing her out the door at the same time that she wanted to nap. I told her that the bank was going to close soon and that we needed to go to the bank before it closed. She finally figured out my scheme when we parked at the eye doctor's office and I told her that I had scheduled her an appointment in 5 minutes. Although she refused for so long, she was very excited to hear that I had made a covert appointment!
She was allowed to pick any frames that she wanted, she really liked that the blue on the inside of this frame softened her face. I think they are perfect Allison glasses: mostly stylish and funky with a tinge of sophistication!
