Easter 2025 I’m coming to get you!

Jessy103

Happy New Year hetty! All the best for 2022 x

Hettyhound

Ah well the best made saving plans off to a rocky start so early in the year 🤦‍♀️  On NYE we discovered my son does need glasses for close work.  His first pair are paid for but if we want a second pair that will be £20; as an eight year old I think it’s a wise investment.  My stick blender broke, it was 20 years old 🤣.  We are picking up a £11 replacement one from Argos today.  I’ve got an eye appointment tomorrow after a nearly 2 month wait.  My eye test will be £25 and my glasses around £180 (varifocals).  Then last night I broke a tooth!  Luckily it’s one that’s filled and a piece of the surrounding tooth has broken off so I can wait for an appointment.  I used to be able to get an emergency one off appointment at my son’s dentist; they still advertise it at £95 but say there may be issues getting an appointment.  As I’ve said I can wait for one as it doesn’t hurt (at the moment) but will need sorting and then to top it all off the cat is limping.  It’s a front paw, there no damage, swelling or heat in it and she will let me touch it.  No idea what she’s done as she spends most of her time under my bed.  She may have slipped jumping up on to a chair or the bed as she sometimes does that now, she’s about 15.  Looks a little better this morning so I will keep a close eye over the next couple of days.  So the upshot of this is instead of new trainers it will be a tube of glue and I won’t be ordering the curtain fabric to make my son’s new curtains, they will just have to wait a bit longer.

Jessy103

What a mare you're having, hetty! Hope the cat is ok x

South_coast

Blimey 😮! Hopefully you're getting it all out of the way for the year early doors 🤞

savingholmes

Doesn't sound like a fun start to the year - hopefully it can only get better from here.

Hettyhound

Tooth fixed this morning for £95, anaesthetic just beginning to wear off.  Eyes tested yesterday and two pairs of glasses needed; £265 🤦‍♀️  apparently  I’ve developed astigmatism so I’ll never get my current glasses to focus properly.  Hey ho, such is life...Cat is looking a bit better, not limping as heavily or dramatically (milking it 🐈). Jumping back up onto the beds so it seems like normal service is resumed.

savingholmes

Sounds coatly but worthwhile. Glad 🐱 is better and your tooth is fixed.

badmemory

Hettyhound said:

Tooth fixed this morning for £95, anaesthetic just beginning to wear off.  Eyes tested yesterday and two pairs of glasses needed; £265 🤦‍♀️  apparently  I’ve developed astigmatism so I’ll never get my current glasses to focus properly.  Hey ho, such is life.

Watch it when you first start wearing them.  I go a bit dizzy when I take them off when moving about.  Especially when near stairs.

beanielou

My DS has that too.
Takes a while to get used to the specs.
He could not druve for a good while until it regulated.

savingholmes

I adjusted straightaway. The hardest thing is looking at smaller items close up. I still sometimes find it easier to take my glasses off for that. The other thing is the second time I got them - I bought more expensive ones - so that they were better quality. I was certainly happier with the second lot -moving from Mr A to VE