Monday, February 13, 2012

Love Is Blind...

...and so am I. Do ya like my new spectacles? Well, I love them! They're totally dorky, endearing, and exactly what I wanted.


I've worn glasses since I was ten, but my eyes are so terrible now that the large E at the top of the eye chart looks like a fuzzy, hostile smudge. When I was little, I thought that everybody saw things in the indistinct, blurry way I did.  You can imagine how delighted I was when I got to see that the Moon's craters are actually visible from Earth.


My first pair of glasses were bifocals. After my exam, the optician wrote me a prescription for free bagels at The Bagel Place, which was across the hall from his office. An optician who wrote prescriptions for free cream cheese covered carbohydrates obviously knew what he was doing, putting a pitiful, awkward ten year old in bifocals.


Ok, so I'm still a little awkward, but at least my glasses aren't bifocals anymore. That helps a lot.



Outfit Details:

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Glasses//Ray Ban
Earrings//Charlotte Russe
Blazer//Vintage, 1980s
Dress//Target
Necklace//Vintage
Jeans//ModCloth
Ring//Antique
Shoes//ModCloth


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24 comments:

  1. Sounds like my kind of optometrist.
    You look delightful.

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  2. Bagels are a vital part of a happy, healthy life. The man knows what he's talking about.

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  3. Oh, those shoes! I'm swooning...

    And the glasses are cute, too. Very on trend. I don't know why but some women with perfect vision are now wearing similar frames with clear lenses in them, just for the look.

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  4. I really like your new glasses - I adore anything "dorky" on a smart woman! Your shoes are dreamy too. Thanks so much for linking up to Visible Monday, I appreciate you.

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  5. girl. awesome glasses. i can't wait to see them on you. I want my own Ray Bans too

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  6. bah - the glasses are perfect. flipping adorable.

    i am amazed the bagel shop let him write free bagel prescriptions. what an interesting marketing campaign...

    those shoes are adorable - i love the color. nude shoes are the best!

    <3 katherine fashion.kitkatherine.com

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  7. Your glasses are adorable! I wish I could pull that look off. I too also thought that everyone couldn't see out of their right eye. I was totally wrong and I can't see that gigantic E either. Oh, and I really like your shoes.

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  8. Your post resonated with me because that big "E" has been a hostile blur since I was a child! (And my eye doctor put me in bifocals at 10, too! With no bagel!) Love the specs on you: you look marvelous. I also love the blend of the floral print with the orange/red top. Very nice.

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  9. Very cute glasses. Very good book.

    How was the IFB Conference?

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    1. I actually didn't attend the IFB Conference. The writing conference I'm going to in NYC isn't until March. I wish the two would have lined up!

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    2. My apologies, I must have misread your earlier post! I blame it on my equally awful vision. Without glasses, I'd be touching my nose to the screen just to read your blog. ;~D

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  10. you went to the IFB con? UGH NEXT YEAR!!! Your specs are amazing! Your the cutest librarian i know!

    xx
    cruiserdolly.blogspot.com

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    1. Aw, no I didn't. It definitely seems like a good time though! Maybe we'll get to meet up there next year ;)
      And thank you for your sweet words!

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  11. I love this post! It's interesting how we perceive things as children. It must have been incredible that first time you put on glasses and everything became more sharply focused!

    Also, that is a really cool old copy of Tennyson's poems. When was that particular edition printed? I have an edition of Poe's collected works from the 1880's. Embossed cover, gold leaf pages and everything!

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    1. And when I talk about childhood perception, I don't mean vision, but the idea that we think our experiences are universal (like how you thought everyone's sight was blurry too). In a way, it's a more unifying approach to how we view the world, since we assume commonalities before differences in others.

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    2. I confess, the book isn't really mine. I got it from the library. I've rented it so many times...I think I'm the only one who does! It's a more recent version - 1932.
      How awesome to have that edition of Poe's works! I'm sure it's beautfiul.
      It's so interesting that certain qualities grow out of us as we get older, and we take on others.

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  12. These glasses are crazy cute. My eyes started out 'not that bad' and have slowly gotten worse every year until now when I take my contacts out for extended periods of time, I am reminded 'Oh right, I CAN'T see anything.'

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  13. I wear glasses too! High five for four eyes!

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  14. Lovely pendant and shoes! I've also been wearing specs for more than ten years now. But I switch to contacts when I'm not at work! Would you like to follow each other?
    xx
    http://junebiswas.blogspot.com/

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  15. i'm a sucker for all things mary jane, and yours are particularly delightful. love the new specs!
    -brittney
    http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com (my random-style blog; come on by if you'd like!)

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  16. Aww, I am glad you have found a sweet pair of glasses! I am loving your vintage inspired look- the floral blazer is stunning, and the shoes... well, I now MUST have your shoes!!! :)
    Good luck!

    skinnymoonstick.blogspot.com

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  17. I love your blog and your look Rachel
    Flo
    http://lartenciel.blogspot.com/

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  18. Your glasses are fantastic! I love the few pairs I have, but I usually just wear my contacts because I can't stop getting smudges on my glasses. I can't imagine a 10-year-old in bifocals! Poor 10-year-old you. I do understand not being able to see the big E anymore though. So sad.

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