Choosing my new glasses

The picture below of my new Alex Perry glasses prompted me to write the story of how I got them.

A few weeks ago Damien had a day off on a Thursday so we all went late night shopping to get some new glasses and make the most of our health cover with Medibank. Spec Savers has a 2 for 1 offer which we got last year so we decided to go back there again. It's always a feat going out with all three kids especially if they need to be nappy changed or the babies need nursing so we always try to make our family shopping trip as short as possible so that it can be an 'enjoyable' family outing. We booked an appointment with Spec Savers for an hour's time and then we had dinner in the food court. It was then that I started to feel unwell with a looming headache. We went back to Spec Savers and I was alone with the three kids while Damien went to get his eyes re-tested. I didn't need to do mine as my last eye test one was done within a year. The kids were all well behaved and I went about looking for my pair of glasses. The sales assistant Leo kept on disapproving of my choices - they were too round , too heavy for my face or didn't sit on the bridge of nose properly etc etc. I know he was just doing his job and at first I liked his honest opinion but I just wanted it to be over with already when my headache started to pound a little more loudly. All of a sudden one of the twins started crying which set the other one off and Keira got bored of the iphone and started to touch things and my headache was getting worst by the minute. Damien came out and he started to look for his pair of glasses and after a few minutes of pain - my headache started to become unbearable and all I wanted to do was go home and lie down. So, I told Leo to choose which ever glasses he thought would suit me. He gave me 4, I tried them on, hardly looking in the mirror and told him to choose whichever 2 he thought looked best. 'We' chose two Alex Perry glasses - one for everyday wear and one with a bit of bling for going out. Poor Damien also ended up quickly choosing one with Leo's approval and just ordered the same kind but one as sunglasses for his second pair. We finally went home, I took a panadol and went straight to sleep with the babies.


A few days later Spec Savers called to say that our glasses were ready for pick up. I was a little nervous as I had little recollection of the glasses I had 'chosen' and I hoped that Leo had made the right decision on my behalf. When I saw them I was very pleasantly suprised that they both looked good and when I tried them on, I was relieved that they actually looked decent on me. Damien was also really happy with his new glasses as well. Phew! Thanks Leo! It's heartening to know that there are sales people out there who actually care about their customers and do a great job :)