After years of receiving reminders from the optitian that I am due an eye test (last one was 3 years ago) and nagging from Him Indoors, I did book an appointment. Him Indoors suggested I should get a new pair of glasses as the ones I occasionally wear date from the previous prescription (about 7 years ago) and not quite to my eyesight (they have not been for 3 years and it has not bothered me) and they are a bit scratched, dated and not in the best of state. It seemed a reasonable thing to do at the time. I went to the appointment, got told off for wearing my lenses at the swimming pool. It is not a briliant idea because let's face it swimming pools are full of other people's germs and as I wear the sort of lenses you keep in for a month and sleep with it's not advised. Still, I like to see the wall it saves me from bumping into it at the end of the lane and I like to see if The Boy is still floating or if I should go and scoop him from the bottom. So I did the reasonable thing and instead of glasses I ordered some prescription goggles. I thought they were a brilliant idea and surely they would get more use than glasses wouldn't they ? Anyway, I went home and told The Boy and Him Indoors expecting cries of whoa and cool. Instead I got shaking heads, knowing looks and sighs. The Boy even declared "mummy's not very good at shopping is she ? She never buys what she should does she ?" That's me pigeonholed. Anyway, they have decided to take me back to the optician and made me try on loads of glasses until I settled on a pair and I am now the proud owner of a pair of glasses (and prescription swimming goggles) what more could a girl want. On a seperate note why is it English swimming pools don't appear to have a little mini pool of disinfectant that people have to walk through before getting to the poolside ?
Mummy's not very good at shopping is she ?
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(17.7.04 19:28) we used to have mini pools of stuff but they hvae gone now ........ sharing veruccas is a sport I expect we could win at |
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(20.7.04 19:56) I can remember taking my sister swimming when she was little and leaving her playing in the walk through bit, perhaps that's why they stopped having them, little people playing in them. |
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(21.7.04 00:54) Could be. I remember they were always really cold, just like he compulsary showers before going in. Princess, not had a verucca yet (touch wood). My sister used to though and the gp advised us o soak lemon peel in vinegar overnight and to place a bit on the verruca under a plaster for a couple of days. Seemed to work. |
