Over the weekend Toby had a bit of a melt down that resulted in him knocking off my glasses and snapping the frame. I'm really shortsighted so while my husband was doing his best to fix them temporarily with the superglue I had to resort to wearing a very old pair (I only get around to changing them around once a decade!)
You should have seen Toby's face - the biggest scowl you ever did see! Then he made a lunge for them and pulled them off my face in disgust. It seems he's not overly impressed by my changed appearance. I'm off to the optician later in the hope of getting a very similar pair - either that or it will be a very gradual de-sensitising operation to get him to accept a new look for me!
Oh, that does sound like a hassle you didn't need! Good luck finding some more - are you sure you don't fancy the Jack Duckworth sellotape look?
Posted by: dottycookie | May 05, 2009 at 04:00 PM
Oh dear. I hope you find very a similar pair. I'm now laughing at Val's Jack Duckworth comment!
Posted by: Gina | May 05, 2009 at 04:30 PM
I laughed when I saw the Harry Potter Oculus Reparo title as Miss E has basically become Hermione Granger and was waving a pencil at me saying that very spell when I read the title, how bizarre!!! I too only replace my glasses every decade or so, we always put ourselves last I s'pose! Hope all will be well again soon. Love Salx
Posted by: Sal | May 05, 2009 at 04:30 PM
:)
Quite like the retro look you've got going on there actually!!
Love Julia xxx
Posted by: Julia | May 05, 2009 at 04:34 PM
I reckon you should stick with the bottom ones!
Posted by: The Antidote | May 05, 2009 at 05:56 PM
Julie, you're my specs twin!! I've had the same top two pairs (and am also blind as a bat without them).
Posted by: Ali | May 05, 2009 at 06:26 PM
I simply love your round pair at the bottom. If you ever want to get rid of them or recycle them, I would love to buy them. I cannot find that frame anywhere around here. I am going to have them transformed into sunglasses. I have looked high and low for some quality ones even online and all I can ever find are the huge round Ozzy Ozbourne glasses. Not my look.
Great blog and posts. Very funny.
Leslie
Posted by: Leslie | May 05, 2009 at 07:40 PM
What a nuisance! I once sewed my glasses together and wore them like that for ages! I couldn't see that there was a problem!!!!
Lucy x
Posted by: Lucy Locket-Pocket | May 05, 2009 at 08:10 PM
Oh dear! I hope you're able to find something that works. I have the same problem and am lost without my eyeglasses. I had to wear my old ones at some point recently and wow, was it a flashback to another era! :) Good luck with your search. :)
Posted by: Pink Sky | May 05, 2009 at 08:29 PM
Oh my, I hope that they are alright when they are fixed. :)
xo-kendall
Posted by: Kendall Micayla | May 05, 2009 at 09:20 PM
Much sympathy! Just tried (and failed) to persuade the optician that she really could fit a new prescription into a much loved but battered pair of old frames! Goood luck with the search! Jenni x
Posted by: Jenni Kemp | May 05, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I have the bottom two pair! Bless your heart! I hope this works out quickly and peace is soon restored on the homefront...
Posted by: Dianne | May 06, 2009 at 07:07 AM
Oh no!
My glasses get so much stick I've ended up with one of those thin and flexible pairs. They seem to be standing up to the abuse quite well one year in.
My 5 year old can't look at me when I've had a haircut. It takes him all day to actually face in my direction, sometimes. He doesn't care with anyone else, but reacts quite strongly to such a change in me.
Posted by: Yve | May 06, 2009 at 11:23 AM
What, no contact lenses?! I find I hardly wear mine now I'm knitting again - specs are so useful as you can move them up and down your nose to get the perfect view of your work (a bit like playing a trombone on your nose!) I'm another of the group that only updates their specs once a decade (or more) - and even then I choose the wrong ones!
Posted by: Mary | May 06, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Oh dear :-( Hope you manage to get something that's 'right' for you all. x
Posted by: Kitty | May 06, 2009 at 11:55 AM
Uh-oh. Hopefully you'll find something similar before you have to break out the gaffer tape! Good luck =)
Posted by: Emily | May 06, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Funny story. It's sweet what a comfort you must be for Toby - to just be yourself. Hope you had success getting a new pair.
Posted by: Leslie | May 06, 2009 at 02:57 PM
Bom Reparo!
Your garden is soo tidy!!!Nice!
Regards the glasses you can really call them vintage now. rsrsr
Posted by: cerejeira | May 06, 2009 at 05:13 PM
What a good way to get new specs!Not the whacking by Toby but the breaking bit and I do think you need a wee update and I look forward to seeing the end result. As a spec wearer since I was 11 years old I am very concious of peoples glasses!
Posted by: nannisandi | May 06, 2009 at 05:59 PM
I hope you manage to find an adequate replacement pair, at the moment I seem to be having a new pair of glasses every two years! I wear glasses for both distance and another pair for reading Jane x
Posted by: Jane | May 06, 2009 at 09:58 PM
Is there a way you would consider selling the animal clothes pattern? YOu certainly will be making a lot of money if you do like you did with the egg cosy... Hopefully you would give it a thought...
How about one animal pattern??
Your animals are so adorable and it is soo hard to buy the animals due to various time zone...
Posted by: Jennifer | May 07, 2009 at 02:19 PM
Poor you. As a glasses wearer I know how easily destructed they can be a what a pain it is to get them fixed. I hope you find a pair that Toby thinks are suitable!
Posted by: Lucy | May 07, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I hope you were able to find a new pair that didn't upset Toby too much...and that you haven't been left blind for too long.
Posted by: Jane Weston | May 08, 2009 at 05:52 PM
Oh dear - I hope you get your new ones sorted soon.
I keep putting off going to the optician just in case I need new specs!!
xxx
Posted by: Lesley | May 09, 2009 at 07:54 PM
I have found it so hard to choose new prescription sunglasses that the pair I use are at least 5 years behind! Since I mostly use them for driving I'm not sure I'm even legal! HAHA! Too much choice - that's the problem! My boy recently told me they are old lady spectacles and I can't wear them at the same time as my teenage girl trainers! Clearly I am a sartorial disaster! t.xx
Posted by: kitschen pink | May 10, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Oh best of luck matching up the specs! Hope Toby didn't find it too difficult in the meantime x
Posted by: Emma | May 10, 2009 at 09:46 PM
What a story, all very distressing for everyone, but I know you will look back on this with affection, but maybe only when you have your new look and you have been accepted.
Posted by: suzie sews | May 12, 2009 at 12:29 AM
I recently got new glasses, and our 4yr old gives me such a funny look when I wear them instead of those which she's seen me in since she was born. Such a creature of habit!
I posted the other day about the teeny tiny rabbits + bears I knitted from your pattern: http://woolnest.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-miscellany.html
Thank you for the sweet pattern, my children loved receiving them!
Posted by: annri | May 12, 2009 at 03:09 AM
Great blog. What a nice person you are!
Posted by: mutley | May 12, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I found some old glasses while I was cleaning out some drawers in my dresser. I laughed so loud, thinking what possessed me to ever wear those things.
Posted by: Judy | May 14, 2009 at 02:41 AM
The bottom pair are awesome! :)
Posted by: ellie | May 15, 2009 at 09:11 AM
I am so lucky.I can buy mine at Ethel Austins for £3!
Posted by: busybusybeejay | May 20, 2009 at 07:00 PM