Myopia - I should have seen it coming

Despite having spent over £200 on glasses merely six months ago, it seems my eyes have made yet another change for the worse.

I was surprised on my visit to Specsavers in February that my right eye was significantly lamer than my left eye - by a dioptre. That sinking feeling that something isn't quite right sent me back to the opticians a few days ago for a recheck (which I convinced them they didn't need to charge me for), and a new prescription for my right eye that's now 1.5 dioptres worse than the left.

I have a funny feeling that needing a lens of -5.75 means one of my eyes is shaped more like a rugby ball than an eye. How can my eyes have got so bad? How can one of them have changed so much in six months?

Alas, I was unable to afford a new pair of glasses, so just got one of the lenses changed. Not owning a spare pair, this meant sitting around for half an hour in Specsavers waiting to be able to see again.

Myopia sucks.

Only 107 days 'til Christmas!

Tesco managed to amaze me with something other than their low, low prices yesterday.

You've guessed it - Christmas goods have arrived in my local store already, despite there being over 100 days left on the countdown clock. Mince pies, yule logs and advent calendars are now waiting to be snapped up in all their festive glory.

Perhaps more disturbing is that the best before date on the yule logs was 10 October - that's right, long before Hallowe'en, Bonfire Night or the changing of the clocks.

Who buys an advent calendar in September? You'd need at least three to keep you going throughout the countdown.

It's just not right seeing people buy disposable barbecues and mince pies in the same basket. Well, notin this hemisphere anyway.