So, yesterday we ran out of eye solution. Not the "oh, we should buy another bottle soon" kind of run out, but the kind when you take your contacts out and put them in the container and try to squirt some solution in and are greeted by a hiss of air. Not a drop of stuff in the house, and of course it's way too go looking for more on the streets of Paris. Some creative shuffling and squirting managed to produce enough to barely cover our two pairs of lenses, but today my top priority was finding more.
I had looked at the Monoprix yesterday while grocery shopping, and couldn't find anything remotely related to eyes (except for eyeshadow and mascara, of course!). Today I hit the pharmacie on the way home from work. Luckily they carried two kinds (do people not wear contacts here? There are at least 10 different kinds of solution in Canada). Of course they didn't carry our kind, so I bought the cheapest one. You'll never guess how much it costs. We used to buy the two pack of Alcon Opti-Free Express (they actually have a website!) at Shoppers for something like $18.00. Well, one bottle of Complete solution was 12euros. That's $16.84 Canadian dollars! For one bottle!
I guess I am now permanently on the look out for 'cheap' solution. If anyone has a sudden urge to send us a gift, or to come and visit bearing gifts, our eyes will be eternally grateful. We'll repay you in wine. And bread. And cheese.
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