At Least They Didn't Use Stevie Wonder

Though it's winter, I'm annoyed every day because I lost the clip-on sunglasses for the frames I wear every day.

(Let's be honest. I'm annoyed every day by lots of stuff, but let's stick to one thing at a time.)

I hate HATE that I don't have my shades for driving or just being outside, and I try not to think about what the sun is doing to my eyes. (Eating them slowly, I assume.) When spring rolls around, I'll likely break down and buy a new pair of clip-ons, but I'll still have to deal with my kids' sunglasses issues: they never fit right, and even when they do, I'm not sure whether they're really doing a good job.

I came across a product called Real Kids Shades, and I was intrigued: I have real kids! I'd like some real shades!

Though it may seem silly to strap sunglasses on your infant, their eyes are at risk from sun exposure, too. (When I was a kid, if you wore a helmet while riding a bike, you would soon have that bike stolen from you, yet now it's the norm for kids to wear helmets all the time — but not, apparently, at the playground.)

Though you might balk at the $19.99 price for something you can get for much less at Target, these sunglasses seem to be the real deal, unless I'm a sucker for advertising (thus spake the man wrapped in a Snuggie).

The hard part will be getting your kids to wear them, as well as not losing them.

The one weird thing about the product's Web site is this, from the rotating homepage:
I'm not familiar with much of John Denver's work, and I'm sure most people will likely think first about the fact that Denver died from crashing a plane he was piloting, so I'm not sure this is the best way to promote an eyewear product. Or maybe that's just me.

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