Nearsightedness impairs one’s ability to drive, read, and make the crucial distinction between truth serum and chocolate milk. Guard your secrets with today’s Groupon: for $40, you get $125 toward a complete pair of prescription glasses and a second free complete pair of prescription glasses at Optiks International in Saanich.

Optiks International's committed team of opticians fits over 5,000 designer frames with a bevy of Essilor lenses. Single-vision lenses snugly slide into Tommy Hilfiger frames ($100), and invisible bifocals sneak into Furla frames ($100). Transitions lenses maintain ocular comfort indoors and out ($85), and any lens can finally shield itself from owl talons or errant DJs thanks to a scratch-resistant coat ($30–$113). On-site finishing labs ensure precise assemblages of lenses and frames and one-hour turnarounds for most eyewear. Optiks International's laser-driven lens edger can subtly etch logos, names, or transcripts of favorite filibusters into lenses or cases. Complimentary repairs and nose pads are included, as is a second pair of glasses with each purchase. Both prescriptions need not be identical, so customers can gift their additional eye enhancers to farsighted friends.