Penny For My Thoughts

So, about 18 months ago I ordered some Prescription sunglasses from Zenni Optical. They were around $20, and while not as thin as my usual lenses, they were pretty good. My prescription is high enough that I cannot go with most cheapo eyeglasses-had I bought the glasses that are included in my medical [...]

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In this day and age, it isn’t terribly surprising to get an e-mail from one’s higher-ups entitled “Bad news about health insurance.”  My plan year for my insurance and other benefits run on a year with an April 1 start, so my open enrollment started yesterday.  As my CEO’s e-mail foretold, my premium is going [...]

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So, as part of my new job, I can refill my maintenance prescriptions at a retail pharmacy (at my old job, there was mandatory mail order).  As a result, I have been playing the prescription transfer with Rite Aid, CVS (my pharmacy of choice!), and Shaws.  I hadn’t seen a sign about Walgreens accepting transfer [...]

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I first heard about Neti pots on the internet a few years ago, but was skeptical (I think my sister-in-law put it best when she described it as a teapot). My doctor recommended one when I had a sinus infection last year; I loved what it did, but hated tipping my head sideways. [...]

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While out of town on a family emergency last weekend, it became apparent on Friday that I needed some medical attention, and some anti-biotics.  I called my PCP’s office and explained the situation, the answering service said my doctor would “probably” call an antibiotic by 5pm.  Now, while I love my doctor I wasn’t willing [...]

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I received my COBRA packet in the mail.  I was able to enroll online in my medical coverage (I am still waiting on my benefits orientation, to see if I want to COBRA my vision coverage).  Of course, I received my bill as I was leaving for Vegas (I couldn’t pay online, and I had [...]

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One of the main things I was concerned with before I even considered leaving my job was health insurance.  I poked around my current job’s benefits book, and found out that my benefits end the day I leave my job.  Being the fastidious person I am, I’d checked with my new job and found out [...]

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I ended up opening a Roth IRA with Fidelity.  I filled out the papers to rollover my IRA and mailed them to Fidelity.  (sidenote-Sharebuilder’s IRA may not thrill me, but they were very quick to let me know via e-mail that Fidelity’s paperwork would be fine).  I’m feeling a little shaky on the fact that [...]

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My mother just has an eye appointment last week-she went to an ophthalmologist for the first time in a while, rather than an optometrist. This was good in that she got more info on her eyes than usual, but she wasn’t able to just hop over to the glasses section to pick out new [...]

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Re the electric toothbrush-I picked up the supersnazzy Sonicare Flex after reading reviews on Drugstore.com, Amazon.com and the fine folks on the Sunshine Rewards forum.  It should arrive from Drugstore.com on Monday.
I’ve been doing some poking around online regarding rolling over my Roth IRA (and I’m still not sure it’s called a Rollover, but whatever).  [...]

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