My eyes, my eyes

...G'ah. I thought I was just heading out to the north area to pick out some new frames, get my insurance to pay for new glasses, and call it a day. Stop at the grocery store on the way home and maybe hit a Target or a dollar store just to see if I could pick up some Christmas spirit in the form of looking at shiny things not necessarily sold at work.

Nope. Gotta get a new prescription because the place I got my eyes checked last time? Only good for a year. Sigh. I hate getting my eyes checked because it always feels like I'm going to fail. I don't know if I just went to one too many doctors who were kinda sucky (last year's was great, actually) or what, but there's some serious stress when it comes to getting my eyes checked. I guess part of it is the fear they're going to find something horribly wrong and part of it is "oh, look, another inch added to your lenses. That's cool, right?"

I hope I don't have to get my eyes dilated. If I don't, I should be good. Otherwise, so annoyed.

Update

So I figured out what I don't like about the exam. The part where they ask if 1 is better or 2 is better. And so on. I think we went up to 9 on one eye. That's a long time and I'm thinking, "what if she's wondering how the hell my answers could be right?"

Spent 45 minutes shopping for frames. What did I ultimately pay for? The same pair on my face now.

Dammit.

I didn't like any as much as these and the one pair I picked was metal and I wasn't sure I was up to having the thickest glasses known to man again. So I panicked and grabbed what turned out to be the exact same pair I own. I'm 99% sure they're the same anyway.

I wish they wouldn't have so many racks but have a third be repeats. :/ I hated picking the same ones over and over. Also next time I want blue or aqua somewhere.