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Pink Eyeglasses

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

I’m sure you’ve seen granite and stone countertops in kitchens and bathrooms.

They’re gorgeous.

They also play HAVOC with eyeglasses.

If you’re over 40, you’ve probably lost some near vision. When you set down a pair of black or dark eyeglasses on a granite or stone counterop, well, you might as well kiss them goodbye!

It happened to me.

I hadn’t had them that long either!

So, what do you do? Well, until you bump into them again, you’ll need a second pair, SO, I went looking for cheap affordable prescription eyeglasses in a BRIGHT color so that I wouldn’t loose them and I found a place online.

According to Clark Howard, (a money expert) get your glasses online and save money!

Take a look at this short CNN video in where he talks about his book and offers a few tips from it, including buying eyeglasses online via ZenniOptical.com. It’s important to get the ‘best bang’ for your hard earned dollar when purchasing everything, including prescription eyeglasses.

http://am.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/03/how-can-you-improve-your-personal-finances-in-one-week-clark-howard-explains/

I opted for bright pink.

eye_glasses

eye_glasses

There’s NO WAY I’ll lose these babies by setting them on a granite countertop. Well, that is as long as I don’t set them on a pink patterned potholder… (don’t ask)

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Wine Club

Friday, August 12th, 2011

I’ve never learned to like wine and that seems a shame because little boutique wineries are popping up all over the place.

I do know many people that are wine enthusiasts though and at least one that has joined a wine club (via mail).

Hemispheres Wine Club is a Canadian membership based wine club that offers an entire world of undiscovered international wines. Wine club members receive bottles of extraordinary quality crafted by meticulous wine makers devoted to bringing the best out of each grape variety.

There are different membership levels for different levels of wine enthusiasts and includes shipping and insurance.

There are NO surprises.

Sounds like enough reason to try out wine with dinner!

wine

wine

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