What have you bought recently?

this is the last thing I brought ,

Iodide Tablets 130mg tablets, so many people getting them now
 

Today I had my eyes tested... it's free for over 60's here, and I bought 3 pairs of specs.. prescription sunglasses ( designer frames).. Reading glasses, and glasses to use for the computer. ..the latter 2.. were 2 for the price of one for the frames. I was pleasantly surprised at only £440..

Now, I realise £440 is no small change, but I've paid £300 in the past just for one pair of designer frame reading glasses.. and that was years ago.. so today wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be. ..and before anyone says it, I can't buy specs online at cheap prices because my prescription is too high..

My appointment lasted an hour and a half, I thought I was never going to get out 🤓
 
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Today was my monthly grocery shop as well as hardware etc.. ..so I got stocked up with frozen food, fresh red meat, chicken and Fish.. to freeze, and dry goods, flour etc.. in the event of any shortages.. just one packet of each, I don;t want to start hoarding, but enough to stock the cupboards ..had to go to 2 different supermarkets to get everything I wanted

Got OTC meds from the pharmacy.. then I got some pretty coloured Pink as well as lemon coloured flower/ plant pots for the garden borders for Spring.. bargain at just £3.00 each in the Discount shop...

Went to the pub and had a coffee and people watched all by myself sitting at an outside table looking onto the town square..

I never thought to take a picture, for you.. but you may remember this picture I took of it a couple of winters ago... today was dry and a little overcast..

Bottom right is the pub and the seating outside surrounded by fencing, covered in snow.. which is where I was sitting today with my coffee, before continuing on for more shopping....thought you might like to see...:D

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hollydolly said:
Today was my monthly grocery shop as well as hardware etc.. ..so I got stocked up with frozen food, fresh red meat, chicken and Fish.. to freeze, and dry goods, flour etc.. in the event of any shortages.. just one packet of each, I don;t want to start hoarding, but enough to stock the cupboards ..had to go to 2 different supermarkets to get everything I wanted

Got OTC meds from the pharmacy.. then I got some pretty coloured Pink as well as lemon coloured flower/ plant pots for the garden borders for Spring.. bargain at just £3.00 each in the Discount shop...

Went to the pub and had a coffee and people watched all by myself sitting at an outside table looking onto the town square..

I never thought to take a picture, for you.. but you may remember this picture I took of it a couple of winters ago... today was dry and a little overcast..

Bottom right is the pub and the seating outside surrounded by fencing, covered in snow.. which is where I was sitting today with my coffee, before continuing on for more shopping....thought you might like to see...:D

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@hollydolly .. That's a lovely view, even in winter. Sounds like you had an excellent day! I need a new prescription too. Unfortunately, our eye check-ups are no longer free for seniors/children :mad: It's $90 now. I can afford it, but many cannot. I'm sure the optometrist wears a mask & shield, but I still am not comfortable with going just yet.
 
Pinky said:
@hollydolly .. That's a lovely view, even in winter. Sounds like you had an excellent day! I need a new prescription too. Unfortunately, our eye check-ups are no longer free for seniors/children :mad: It's $90 now. I can afford it, but many cannot. I'm sure the optometrist wears a mask & shield, but I still am not comfortable with going just yet.
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yes it's one of my fave winter pictures Pinks, thanks...:giggle:

That's a shocking price ..to go from zero to $90.. is scandalous, what was the justification?

With regard the masks, although the mask mandate is over now here.. almost everyone in the Opticians today was wearing a mask,..certainly I was, as was the optometrist , and then later the guy who arranged all my choices of specs and lenses..
 
hollydolly said:
yes it's one of my fave winter pictures Pinks, thanks...:giggle:

That's a shocking price ..to go from zero to $90.. is scandalous, what was the justification?

With regard the masks, although the mask mandate is over now here.. almost everyone in the Opticians today was wearing a mask,..certainly I was, as was the optometrist , and then later the guy who arranged all my choices of specs and lenses..
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Cutbacks in health-care, Hols. It was good while it lasted. I feel for those who don't have coverage through employee benefits, who have children.

It sounds like your optometrist's office has a good system going, re: masking, etc.
 
Pinky said:
Cutbacks in health-care, Hols. It was good while it lasted. I feel for those who don't have coverage through employee benefits, who have children.

It sounds like your optometrist's office has a good system going, re: masking, etc.
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yes and fortunately all children under 18.. and all adults over 60 are entitled to free eye tests whether they've paid into the system as an employee or not, .. I'm sad that people have to pay such a large amount now in Canada, because as you so rightly say those who cannot afford it will not get tested , and often people don't realise that it's not just about eyesight deteriorating, but also eye tests can show up a myriad of illnesses, including Diabetes, so it's really important that people have them done every few years.. .

I hope we never find ourselves in the same situation here in the UK.. that would be a terrible shame
 
hollydolly said:
I never thought to take a picture, for you.. but you may remember this picture I took of it a couple of winters ago... today was dry and a little overcast..

Bottom right is the pub and the seating outside surrounded by fencing, covered in snow.. which is where I was sitting today with my coffee, before continuing on for more shopping....thought you might like to see...:D

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If not for the power lines, satellite dish, and a couple other minor modern details, it would be easy to mistake your photo for a Currier and Ives image. It's absolutely enchanting.
 
StarSong said:
If not for the power lines, satellite dish, and a couple other minor modern details, it would be easy to mistake your photo for a Currier and Ives image. It's absolutely enchanting.
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well , I had to admit to not knowing who Currier and Ives were/are..and had to look it up.. so thank you very much for the compliment ,SS.. you must have missed it when I posted it a couple of years back.. 🥰
 
StarSong said:
If not for the power lines, satellite dish, and a couple other minor modern details, it would be easy to mistake your photo for a Currier and Ives image. It's absolutely enchanting.
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I thought exactly the same thing, @StarSong 😊

took a “stretch break” on the drive hone and picked up a few essential groceries at a supermarket about 1/2 way. One item is Silk almond milk yogurt in the Chocolate /Almond flavor—my fave!
 
Your town square reminds of the near perfection we see in Hallmark movies @hollydolly.

Our province charges $75 for an eye exam. As a senior our medical plan pays $150 every other year toward prescription glasses - a joke. The good thing is that $150 can be applied to the check up once per year, so if you don’t need new glasses it works out. The optical places have testing machines to check people for free. It wouldn’t likely catch a serious issue.

The optical places still require masks and you need an appointment just to view the frames. They give you an hour to browse and buy. I think I’d feel guilty if I spent that time with a clerk and decided not to buy. Every pair of glasses that you try on go into a separate basket for cleaning. I don’t want to spend $1000 because of guilt. No, I can’t buy online either.
 
Jules said:
Your town square reminds of the near perfection we see in Hallmark movies @hollydolly.

Our province charges $75 for an eye exam. As a senior our medical plan pays $150 every other year toward prescription glasses - a joke. The good thing is that $150 can be applied to the check up once per year, so if you don’t need new glasses it works out. The optical places have testing machines to check people for free. It wouldn’t likely catch a serious issue.

The optical places still require masks and you need an appointment just to view the frames. They give you an hour to browse and buy. I think I’d feel guilty if I spent that time with a clerk and decided not to buy. Every pair of glasses that you try on go into a separate basket for cleaning. I don’t want to spend $1000 because of guilt. No, I can’t buy online either.
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thank you for the compliment re my photo Jules.. very kind.. just for clarities sake this town in the picture is a nearby town, not the one where I live :giggle:

With regard the specs.. here we get our eyes tested then we don't have to buy our specs in the same place, we can just take the prescription away and choose somewhere else to get the specs,.. online or some other place , even Costco, or Tesco.. or any other optical store...also like yours the glasses that are tried on in store go into a basket to be cleaned before going back onto the walls..
Here we can have as long as we want to browse, but tbh I look at the frames before I get my eye-test.. and then I know immediately whether I'm going to buy in that store or go elsewhere, and that saves wasting anyone 's time
 
@hollydolly, I think of every location where you take photos as being ‘yours’.

We can buy glasses in other places once the prescription is done. If they don’t work out the optometrist doesn’t tend to stand behind a change that is needed so I just stay in the one place now. During one check up with the substitute optometrist he was downright rude when he saw that my old computer glasses where made elsewhere. “These aren’t from here. The prescription is wrong so just get rid of them.” No it wasn’t and it’s the same reading strength he puts in my progressives. Good thing he couldn’t read my mind.
 
Jules said:
@hollydolly, I think of every location where you take photos as being ‘yours’.

We can buy glasses in other places once the prescription is done. If they don’t work out the optometrist doesn’t tend to stand behind a change that is needed so I just stay in the one place now. During one check up with the substitute optometrist he was downright rude when he saw that my old computer glasses where made elsewhere. “These aren’t from here. The prescription is wrong so just get rid of them.” No it wasn’t and it’s the same reading strength he puts in my progressives. Good thing he couldn’t read my mind.
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One place I went to, they argued with me when I requested Zeiss lenses .. because it meant sending them elsewhere rather than grinding the lenses themselves. It's the first time that has ever happened to me. I find that some lenses just aren't up to par.
 
Pinky said:
One place I went to, they argued with me when I requested Zeiss lenses .. because it meant sending them elsewhere rather than grinding the lenses themselves. It's the first time that has ever happened to me. I find that some lenses just aren't up to par.
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yes I agree with you about some types of lenses not up to par. Once I decided to use an in house Optician in a Supermarket ..all the coating on the lenses of the sunglasses peeled off within 12 month, I'd never seen anything like it, so I took them back even tho' it'd been a year because they should expect to last longer than that with decent care.. and they were so rude, they basically told me to take a hike.. and as it had run out of guarantee it was ya boo to me... :mad:
 
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J-Kat said:
I have an appointment next week to discuss cataract surgery. I expect I will still need eyeglasses afterwards but I'm waiting until it's all done before I proceed with new eyeglasses.
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Yes, it'd be wise to wait. You will see such an improvement with your vision, you may not need glasses, as you said.

My eyes went back to 20/20 vision, and all I need, if I want are readers. And, I just picked some up at the $ store.
 
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