I got my new glasses today. For the first time in a long time I’m very aware of the fact that I’m wearing glasses.

I’d got ever so used to the framing of the world provided by the old pair and the new pair are quite different. They are much wider, which gives some things a crazy movie look. They are also a fairly different prescription on the left side, which is disorienting and a little painful. I can’t drive in them yet for this reason.

Stylistically, I haven’t gone that far out there. It’s just a big modernisation. I’ve still got rims, but they’re deeply rectangular, and they are designer (Calvin Klein of all things) rather than own-brand. They make my old glasses look distinctly shit, which I guess they were after all this time. It’s funny, I’d never really thought about it. My sunglasses are much worse and I’d just sort of singled them out. However, now I’ve upgraded a bit, I’m well aware of how much better I look. Indeed, I’m not planning to leave it so long before I upgrade again.

I haven’t upgraded my sunglasses yet, but given the change in the glasses, it will definitely be this weekend. I probably can’t actually bring myself to put my current sunglasses on ever again.