I feel so hip in my glasses.

I feel so hip in my glasses.

• 3.04.2012

Yes, I'm saying "hip" ironically.  I don't freely admit to being an actual hipster, of course, but since I have to wear glasses, I'd might as well wear cool ones.

I've worn glasses since I was 12, although until a year or two ago I only wore them at night after I took out my contacts, and on days when I was sick or didn't leave the house.  So I definitely have a negative connotation about them!  Pretty much whenever I wore glasses, I felt less cute.

Another reason I was really wishing for cool glasses.  You know the kind--definitely kind of hipster, thick, plastic frames?  I'm sure you see more in some places than others--and, as they say on Portlandia, this is Portland, where all the hot girls wear glasses...

So just recently, I decided it was really time to buy myself some cool ones.  With these stylish ladies for inspiration...

Source: gthegentleman.tumblr.com via Suzannah on Pinterest

Source: kendieveryday.blogspot.com via Suzannah on Pinterest

Source: thesimplyluxuriouslife.com via TML on Pinterest

New Girl--of course we like the outfits ;)

Source: tandsdaybook.blogspot.com via Ashlee on Pinterest

Anyways, I was definitely a little wary about buying glasses online, but there are SO many online cheap eyeglasses retailers now... I began to do my research but was actually kind of overwhelmed by a lot of the shops.

I ended up buying the iSee 25 in Tortoise eyeglasses from GlassesUSA.com.  The price was unbeatable, and the service was good--I called ahead of time to make sure about their policies if the glasses didn't work out, shipping was fast, and the glasses are great!  I ordered the thin lenses because I have such a strong prescription and the frames are pretty large already--worried about weight.  Plus, I got to do the cool thing where you upload a photo of yourself and play around with "trying on" all the glasses--the Virtual Mirror.  Definitely helpful.

And they're great!  I love that I can wear them without feeling nerdy or like I'm stuck at home on the couch watching Beauty and the Beast and drinking Kava tea (how I spent my sick days in high school!).  Also, I took them into my eye clinic and they adjusted the frames a little for me, bending the earpiece to fit my head a little.  So yeah, sometimes they actually make me look cuter, I think.

Anyway, coincidentally, not long after I ordered these GlassesUSA.com contacted me offering to sponsor this post and provide my readers a special discount code!

On top of their already reasonable prices, they are offering two options to you all:

• 50% off any pair of eyeglasses on orders over $80. Code: SPECIAL50
• Or, 10% off any order of prescription glasses. Code: BLOG10

Um, 50% off?!?  That's amazing!  Best of luck glasses-shopping. =)