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I'm Michelle Cox -- the owner of Lipstick to Crayons. I’m also a Mom to three kids (a teen, tween and toddler), a professional writer (www.michellemcox.com) and a blogger (www.fromthemom.com). And I love to save money (and help you do the same) via frugal deals and steals, coupons and other thrifty practices. My freelance writing business allows me to enjoy the great balance of being a stay-at-home/work-at-home mom, while also making time for blogging, running (ran the Chicago Marathon twice) some amateur photography and scrapbooking. I’m a St. Louis native, although I have lived outside of the city and the state. A few of my passions are amateur photography, scrapbooking and attending kids' sporting events.

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Great-looking Glasses for Fabulous Prices

My teen started wearing eyeglasses a few years ago for reading. I paid a small fortune for her first pair of frames because I really wanted her to like them. But I forgot a very important thing about teens — they’re extremely fickle. She liked them for a few months. Then, they weren’t cool anymore.

When I  refused to replace them because of what I’d paid, she quit wearing them. Do you see where this is going?  She needed prescription glasses, but she wouldn’t wear them if they weren’t the current “in-style” frames.

glasses usaThen I discovered Glasses USA. They sell prescription glasses and eyeglass frames at prices that won’t have you crying when your teen decides her glasses aren’t cool anymore. My daughter chose the Freedom lenses, which I think look really cute on her.

Glasses USA believes that seeing properly shouldn’t be a luxury and the company does its best to help  customers purchase affordable eye wear. Glasses USA is an international company with two offices: one in New Jersey (headquarters) and one in Israel.  The  eyeglasses are produced at both facilities.

Admirably, the company also has a program in place to help the underprivileged obtain eyeglasses. All returned eyeglasses are not restocked, but are instead recycled.  That means the company donates all returned eyeglasses to various organizations around the United States to  sanitize and redistribute the eyeglasses with the correct prescription to people all over the world who can’t afford vision care.

If you’d like to purchase a pair of glasses from Glasses USA, all you need is your prescription and access to the Internet. They’re offering my readers a 5 percent discount. Use coupon code Mommy5 when making your purchase.

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