More contact stuff

[ladyofthethread]

Oh, dear. I think my mother might have caught my cold although I was trying to be careful about not giving it to anyone else. -_-; Still have some lingering sniffles and a cough myself.

Hotel stuff has been settled for the Toronto trip. ^_^ I called the other day and extended the reservation so there’ll be extra time for visiting relatives after Anime North. We’ll be driving up on the 24th and leaving on the 31st. And it seems that my grandmother will be coming with us now. I’d thought she might stay home because she doesn’t do that well with car travel these days. But I guess this is good since this past year she has gotten hard of hearing and can tire easily. I would be worried about leaving her alone for a week, even though we have an uncle across the street and other relatives nearby who could check on her each day.

Went out to pick up my father’s glasses today plus get new ones for my brother who decided he wanted sunglasses now. Talked to the optometrist some more about contacts and he really thought I should have toric lenses so I’m stuck with the limited colors.

He’s ordering a pair of these for me in the amethyst shade and said I should call in about a week to see if they’ve come in. My other option was this in violet but it was a flat color rather than blended like that amethyst. Both types were the same price so I went for the colorblend since it should look more natural.

The Freshlook sample in honey hadn’t come in yet so I’m waiting for that to see what I want to do about D’s gold eye. The vial lenses come in hazel but I don’t want to resort to those if pre-made ones will work; one of those custom lenses costs twice as much as a whole box of the Freshlook! Optometrist is willing to order whatever shade I decide on just for my right eye so that will help at least. I could have gotten the purple just for my left eye, too, but I figured with a pair I could also use them for Renrin or wear them outside of cosplay if I felt like it. ^_^

Also walked around and did a little shopping for costume supplies. I got some more fabric paint for Count D’s vacation outfit since I realized one little jar might not be enough. And I found a better color fabric for the skirt than the salmony pink I had. I know that he never really has pink as a main color in his outfits, usually just for flower patterns... ^_^; But I was keeping in mind that I wanted to take pictures of this on the beach and was worried blue or green wouldn’t stand out enough with the water. The new fabric is a more magenta-ish/purplish shade similar to a color that was used in a few of his artbook robes. I hadn’t painted that much of the pink yet so I can just put that aside and save it for something else.

Off to bed now.

Comments

[thimbles.livejournal.com]

I hope your mom feels better soon (and you too)!

Congrats on finalizing more things for your trip and on finding some of the things you were looking for.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Unfortunately, the cold seems to be spreading. My father and brother seem to be catching it, too! ._.;