I don't know if I'll keep with this but I guess I'll try it out.
I'm 23, graduated from college just over a year ago. I work as an animation director (love the work- hate the lack of benefits -_-) on a children's show. I was very fortunate in that my parents payed for my college education, and I don't have any debt. I live with 3 roommates (which helps keep costs down) in NYC, New York.
Today was a crazy expensive day. I ran out of contacts about a month ago, and to get new ones I had to go to the optometrist. I'd been putting it off, mainly because of the money. Because of my astigmatism I need Toric lenses, which are very expensive ($75/box-- $150/3 month supply). The perscription on my glasses is also about 5 years old, and my doctor wanted to replace them, but I said I just didn't have the money. I see fine with them, and I really only wear my glasses in the morning as I'm getting ready for work, and in the evening right before I'm going to bed. The good news is my prescription didn't change at all, so maybe my eyes have stopped getting worse. Contacts are something I could go without if my budget got really tight, and I know I need to consider that as a possibility... But I hate the way I look with glasses. I hate the little indentations I get on the sides of my nose. I hate the pimples I get on my nose when the sweat accumulates there during the summer.
Eye exam- $75
Six month supply of contacts- $300.
Italian ice-- $0.75
Total: $375.75. Plus I got a $15 rebate for buying 4 boxes of contacts at once, so I'm going to send that in and hopefully get that back soon.
First entry... Expensive day
August 11th, 2005 at 02:28 am
August 12th, 2005 at 06:10 am 1123827027
He said the disposables are slightly thinner than the extended wear (or whatever they're called) so they're more likely to tear, but until one did tear or started to feel irritating, you could keep it.
August 12th, 2005 at 12:27 pm 1123849626