When I started down the driveway at 2:15 on Thursday, the sun was blazing. I put on my sunglasses, and was annoyed (as I am every other sunny day) by the scratch on the right lens, directly in front of my pupil. It was going to be a long ride, since I was headed over to Sis-Town on errand day. I grabbed my old pair of sunglasses off the lower section of T-Hoe's console. They have a scratch on the left lens, directly in front of my pupil.
Doggone it! This was not going to do. I wanted clear vision without tilting my head. I stopped beside the trash dumpster, and fished around inside the vault of T-Hoe's console, under the lid with the indentation where I lay my phone while traveling.
Aha! There was my newest pair of sunglasses that I purchased last fall. I suppose I'd been saving them for a special occasion. They were still in the crinkly clear wrapper. I bought two pairs at once, from a bin in Save A Lot, for $3 each, if I remember correctly. The other pair was yellow. I keep them in A-Cad, to wear on casino trips with Farmer H, Master Sweaver, behind the wheel.
Anyhoo... I slid my new sunglasses out of their wrapper, and slipped them on my face. They fit just right. But WAIT A MINUTE! There was a scratch on the left lens, directly in front of my pupil! What in the NOT-HEAVEN??? Mrs. HM just can't catch a break.
I wore them out to the main blacktop lettered highway. Then took them off and set them on the lower console. It wasn't TOO bright. And neither is Mrs. HM...
While waiting at the bank, I picked up my new sunglasses to rub the marred lens on my shirttail. Sweet Gummi Mary! That wasn't a scratch! It was the little piece of cling plastic with a code number on it. I peeled it off, and the lens was perfect.
Here they are, posed on T-Hoe's dash at Country Mart:
Aren't they snazzy? That style was all the rage in the '80s. Well worth my $3. Though you'd think Save A Lot should pay ME to wear them, for being such an ambassador of advertising for their chain.
4 comments:
Nice sunnies. Mine are prescription so I can see properly while wearing them and I've had them now for around 14 years.
River,
I used to have a prescription pair of sunglasses, but then my prescription changed, and I needed bifocals, and can't wear them while driving. It makes me all discombobulated when I look down at the controls. So I get by without my glasses. I can see just well enough, with my one nearsighted eye, and one far-sighted eye.
I have several Dollar Tree sunglasses purchased while they were still only a dollar!
Kathy,
Ya got me beat! In fact, I'm surprised that you don't have assorted salvaged items you can use to create your own sunglasses for 50 cents!
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