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?I think when I have to go and to keep the cost down I'll just use the frames that I have now.
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That's what I've been doing and is a good way of saving if you already have a set of frames. Unfortunately, in Glenda's case, this will be her daughter's first pair.
Glenda, know anyone with a set of specs they don't want any more and which your daughter would find acceptable and comfortable? You could utilise them by having her new lenses inserted. Bit of a long shot though.
A lot of new-style specs now hardly have any frame to them. The ones I bought recently only have thin arms and a nasal bit on them. Nothing around the actual lenses. I don't know what it's like in NZ, but in other places you can buy specs other than from an expensive optician, like Boots The Chemist in the UK. If you know what strength you need, you'll know which one to buy as they're marked, otherwise it's a case of trying them on until you find one that clearly enhances the vision.
Sounds a bit hit and miss when you consider the elaborate eye tests you have in the optician's, but I paid over 100 GBP for a pair in an optician's here, then recently bought some off the shelf from a pharmacy for about a tenner. The latest ones work better than the ones from the optician.
Certainly it's good to have the eye test to determine if there are any other problems with the eyes but, after that, I don't think there's too much benefit from paying a lot of money unless maybe one eye is stronger than the other one and you need separate strength lenses to correct this, but, although this is how it is in my case, I manage perfectly OK with shop-bought specs. If they were for full-time use it might be a different matter, but just for reading it's not quite so critical.
If you do find some in a shop or pharmacy, perhaps get your daughter to try them on out of curiosity to see how she feels about them. These places are everywhere now so there must be some merit in them.