Nerds! Free glasses. Free money.

My Life List

Thanks to Rivet & Sway for sponsoring this post, and allowing me to provide fodder for girls-in-glasses fetishists the world over.

I got my first pair of glasses in college. They were tiny, wire-rimmed specs that made me feel like a genius, and look like an awkwardly feminine James Joyce.

I’ve been through dozens of pairs since then, but a few years ago, I realized I’d been wearing the same glasses for about seven years. I got so many compliments when I first purchased them; it poisoned my brain.

Then one day it clicked. Glasses are an accessory, and are subject to trends. My once-chic glasses had essentially become a pair of Capri pants for my face. “Do you have some gladiator sandals I could balance on my nose? Thanks.”

So I decided to change out my glasses more frequently, which brings us to Rivet & Sway. They’re like Zappos for sexy librarians. You choose three frames you want to try, and they ship them to you free so you can try them on, take a bunch of selfies, and ask your friends if they make you look stupid. Like so:

PUNCHLINE, NEAPOLITAN

I love these. Are they too “seventh-grade art teacher who used to over-explain about how it’s not a big deal to eat paste”?


I think they’re like when you ask your favorite barista with the sleeve tats where you can get a pair of her glasses, and she says, “Oh. My aunt was a rocket scientist. I got these out of her old jewelry box when I was visiting her in New Mexico.” And then you shake your fist at the sky.

TUSK, GALAPAGOS GREEN

Whoa, so cute — cat eye update. I think these might be cuter in Black and White. Still, these glasses say “I know you can do better if you just apply yourself.”


Or maybe I’m dubious about your excuse for missing the midterm.

POETIC LICENSE, TORTOISE

“Hi. I’m looking for an Awkward Architect boyfriend. In the meantime, I’ll be writing about my feelings in a Moleskine.”

Too demure?


What if I make duckface for sexiness? Yeah. Nailed it.

OK, share with me your thoughts. Is one of these the one, or should I try on more? Let me know in comments, and while you’re at it…

CONTEST!
If you’d like to enter to win your own pair of Rivet & Sway glasses, and you happen to be a U.S. resident, please do this:

1. Choose which pair of glasses you want.
2. Leave a comment here with the name and color of glasses you covet.
3. If you can’t decide — because you are not some sort of eyewear wizard and you want to see them on your face (or you just want more chances to win) — you may leave up to three comments without being considered a cheater.
4. Check back here Wednesday, when I will announce the randomly selected winner. And then champagne.

As part of their Find Your Joy Campaign, Rivet & Sway is also gifting a $500 goal grant to one Go Mighty member. So be sure to check that out too.

On Monday we’ll talk about the next thing I’m crossing off my Life List with Rivet & Sway’s help. I hope it’s something you’ve thought about doing too, and we can roll up our sleeves together.

Now choose your glasses smart people, that you may easily locate other smart people and mate with them. See you Monday.

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293 thoughts on “Nerds! Free glasses. Free money.”

  1. I like the Core Strength in tortoiseshell. I think that would make me look like a sexy librarian/a nerdy coed who wants to get down (wink, wink). I liked you in the first pair if you have to be sincere, but I prefer the third pair as they are more fun.

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  5. I like the Je Ne Sais Quoi in Water Lily (can I wear blue glasses with blue eyes?)
    I also really like the Petit Allegro in Spicy Tortoise.

    I love the idea behind Rivet and Sway because it takes me forever to find glasses (I have a narrow face and most glasses look HUGE on me)!

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  7. I am loving the chacter study style for me. I have to admit though the punchline in neapolitan is pretty damn cute!
    PS: Sarah R. Blue glasses are perfect to hightlight your blue eyes! Thats what I am wearing now.

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  9. It has been several years since I got new glasses, and I think that I need to upgrade my prescription along with the frames…

    Anyway.

    I like the Derring-Do in Vino Rosso.

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  14. The Punchline in Moss Landing looks interesting – different, but not so out there they couldn’t be worn to the office.

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  18. No, really love the core strength in mink. Oh, and thank you for this giveaway and letting us enter 3 times and bringing the sexy back to thick frames.

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  25. I realized I haven’t updated my eyeglasses in four years, and I’m also overdue for a style update. I’m coveting the Je Ne Sais Quoi in Water Lily.

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  41. Rizzo in Crushed Velvet is what I find succulent. Now you radiate in the Tusk in Galapagos Green. Just go for it. 😀

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  42. Oh, I’ve been coveting those Punchline Neapolitans for… well, only months now, if I’m to be honest. Still. They’re so stellar.

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  45. I’ve been dying to try Rivet & Sway! What a a great excuse to spend some time on their site. I shall enter 3 times, yea, verily I shall.

    1) Poetic License, Royal Tortoise

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