The Cheapest Glasses In The World!

So the other day this girl walks into the store and she has the cutest glasses on and so naturally I tell her how cute they are and then naturally she tells me where she got them - online for $8!!!  Prescription and all!  I'm all like "SHUP UP!" and she was all like, "No, I swear.  The New York Times (or Post, I can't really remember) did an article about a year ago on this blog that is a guide to the cheapest ways to get your glasses.  All online and all for less than $20 usually!"  With my jaw on the floor I told her in the friendliest of ways, "I just want to punch you in the face I'm so excited."  Yes, I actually said this to her and my comment was met with a confused look that made me remember that I can't talk to total strangers the way I talk to my friends.  If she ever finds this, I think her name was Erica - Erica, look at me, I never actually wanted to punch you in the face - it is more a term or phrase of endearment.  I'm sorry.  But thanks for all the info!

Okay, so the blog is called "Glassy Eyes" and they have links to tons of websites.  The site where "Erica" got her great glasses is called "Zenni Optical".  Here are some faves from there. 

For ten dollars you are allowed to follow the big nerd glasses trend.  I give you permission.  

These look a lot like the glasses I already have but they were no where near being $12!

These are math-teacher-chic and for all of you who want to look like an American Apparel model but don't want to spend the moolah, these $8 glasses are for you. 

These are $30 with the prescription and the frames, but really, can you argue with that?

Oh, and just so you know you have to look at the measurements and make sure they will work because I do not think they can be returned.  But for 10 bucks it's no big thang.

Wooden-Ships

Remember the Snood that I can't stop stopping talking about?  Well I found more!  The company that makes them is called Wooden-Ships and they are wholesale only but I found more neck scarf bundles by them at Free People and I'm beyond tempted to blow another Grant on one of these bad boys.  If you get one of these will you tell me how perfect it is and take a picture and send it to me so I have something to be jealous of?  I'll post them all and then it'll be on here for all the world to see!  And by all the world I mean you, me and the 2 others who read this.  

The Snood

So a couple weeks ago I blogged about Mod Cloth's "Ubiquitous Snood" and once I was done writing about how cool it looked I decided to bite the nearly $50 bullet and get one for myself.  So I've had it for about a week now and I have to say that this is the best 50 bones I've ever spent on a scarf.  I wear it everyday.  I get compliments on it all the time.  It's super duper soft and it's crazy warm.  I have made quite a few poor impulse e-purchases in my day, but this one I can't imagine ever regretting.  Except that I opted for the Ivory, which I see myself needing to wash from time to time.  But other than that I couldn't recommend it more.  And it serves as a bib for when you are eating!  (Hence the ivory being a dangerous choice.)

Cute Purses That Will Hold All The Pennies You Pinch

Now that I'm a working girl I have found myself carrying a tote bag with all my snacks as well as my purse, which is never big enough for my appetite.  So I'm looking into some bigger bags with smaller price tags.  Turns out fleather (fake leather) is all the rage - suh-weeet!

Has anyone else noticed that grey is the big color right now?  I'm very happy with this turn of events. 

Colors are in.  Deal with it by getting yer purple on.

Nila Anthony makes a great leather impersonator.  Im-purse-onator!  

Pick yer poison - either that brown one or maybe this tan one - winter white is always okay after Labor Day.

Big bags like this one look more expensive than they actually are.  

Now, Voyager, er, Now, Traveler

If you are one of those people who work out of coffee shops and can't afford a Blackberry or an iPhone or just love yer computer more than life and have show it off to everyone and anyone but hate doing so in the usual boring shmoring laptop bags that are only available at the PC or Justin Long store - here is a cute and cheap-ish (sn)fake skin bag that is one part functional and ten parts adorable to make you look less PC and more Mac.  Got it?