My mom developed a vision problem when I was a kid, and I remember that it really scared me. Her arms got too short to be able to look up numbers in the telephone book. The problem quickly got worse. Soon her arms weren’t long enough to read the newspaper and then books. Eventually she went to a doctor and got some glasses that–well, I wasn’t sure what they did because how could glasses make your arms longer? The whole thing frightened me because I had no idea that one’s arms could shrink once you were grown up.
Then I got to be a grown up and sure enough, my arms began to shrink. I needed one pair of glasses to read with–on top of the contact lenses I wear to just plain see. Then I needed another pair of glasses to focus on the computer screen. And another pair to see to eat. That’s a lot of spectacles and I tended to buy them wholesale at the Dollar Store. Or if I was really splurging–and into cute–at the drugstore. Of course, the actual diagnosis for both my mom and me wasn’t the dreaded shrinkus armus. It was presbyopia, and I bet you have it too.
I don’t know where you get your reading glasses, but here’s a chance to win a free pair from Reading Glasses Shopper of the Affordable Style network. They’re giving two lucky presbyopic MidLifeBloggers a pair of their high-quality, in-fashion reading glasses. Here’s what you have to do. Take a look at the two photos below.
The first is of me in the Magnum style readers
The second is of me in the Lennon (as in John, of course) style readers
Which do you like better? Seriously–that’s the whole contest.
- Comment on this post telling me which pair of readers you think are more flattering (!) to me.
- Your comment is your ticket to the drawing.
- If you’re feeling lucky (and ambitious) and would like another ticket in the drawing, then Tweet about the contest. Leave a second comment here with your Twitter name and/or a link to your tweet–and you’ll go into the hat another time!
- The contest ends at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time on Thursday, December 17.
Good luck!
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