Just been to get my eyes checked at a local opticians. No problems, they are fine. Now my favorite optician has in the last year gone "whallop" :( So I've had to switch my allegences. So I have, but my problem is with what they charge for. Okay so I have to pay for my check up (£27) phew that was more than I've paid in a while. But the bit that really got to me is... contact lenses.

Now 90% of the year I wear glasses, I like my glasses, they look cool (I like to think so), so there's no problem. The other 10% I like to wear contacts, and I wear them for summer holidays and swimming competitions. I bought a job-lot of disposable ones some time ago and they last forever (because I wear them so rarely).

So why does Mrs Optician want me to have two appointments, one for glasses and one for lenses? I can understand it if I wore them all the time. I can understand it if my normal prescription and health of eye had deteriated (it hasn't). So why do I need a second appointment (presumably another £27) and waste a pair of lenses just for the privilage of getting some new ones?

Not hugely impressed, and nope I won't be having that appointment thank you. So it's off to the internet for a one month supply of new lenses that should last for 18 months, and costs less than a second option appointment!