Wearing glasses can lend someone an air of intellect usually reserved for an owl holding an abacus. Foster a sense of facial refinement with today's Groupon to Optique Eyecare in St. Charles. Choose between two options:

• For $25, you get $150 worth of frames and lenses.
• For $50, you get $100 worth of nonprescription sunglasses.

With over twenty years of experience in rectifying eyes, Optique Eyecare stocks a handsome assortment of designer sunglasses and whips up new pairs of eyeglasses for needy nose bridges in about seven working days. Choose from a diverse selection of frames, such as the Anglo American Optical 181E frame ($90), which hugs the face with retro charm. Optique Eyecare also stocks a goodly sum of sunglasses, such as the BCBG Envy in brown and smoke ($110), Tommy Bahama Deep Sea ($100), Coach S2009 in burgundy ($197.50), and the polarized RB4160 in black by Ray-Ban ($211.35), which blocks out harmful rays while giving the wearer the ability to read upside down.

Though exams are not included with today’s Groupon, the horn-rimmed hawker does examine eyeballs and includes a pediatric department, where exams for children who are six months old to one year old are free, as long as they take them in Mandarin.