Birthday Gifts for Grandpa
Walgreens and Express Scripts Dispute
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walgreens for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
Most customers of Walgreens have probably already heard about the dispute between Walgreens and Express Script. For the past year, Walgreens has negotiated with Express Scripts to continue to be the pharmacy’s provider network but the negotiations were unsuccessful and on December 31st, 2011, the contract expired. As of January 1, 2012, Walgreens is no longer part of the Express Scripts network. All Walgreens pharmacies nationwide and Duane Reade pharmacies in the New York City area are no longer included in the Express Scripts pharmacy network. Express Scripts acts as a middleman between pharmacies providing health care service and employers and their health plans who pay for medications.
Who Will Be Affected?One of Express Scripts’ clients in particular that is affected by the split is Tricare, the health prescription drug program for the US military. Many pharmacy customers now have to go elsewhere to use their in-network pharmacy benefits for their meds.
In order to minimize the effect of this change of network, Walgreens is offering a special discount on annual membership for the Prescription Savings Club at Walgreens. An individual can join this special January promotion for only $5, or $10 for a family membership that covers everyone in your immediate family including a spouse, dependents 22 and younger and pets. Walgreens Prescription Savings Club members receive savings on over 8,000 brand name and all generic medications.
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Hosting my first ever New Year's Eve party
Guest post written by Chelsea Anderson
This is the first year that I've had my very own apartment and I'm really loving the benefits of not having roommates. There are so many things to love about it, including not having to worry about asking others when and where you can have visitors over. That was always a problem with former roommates of mine. To go along with that, I'm having fun by throwing a big New Year's Eve bash this year.
It wasn't that long ago that I signed my lease, so this will be the first time that most of my friends will see my place. I was looking online to get some tips about fun party ideas and while I was doing that I saw info on Miracle Ear. I've been telling my parents for years that they could use some hearing aids, so I forwarded that info along ot them and I think that they're actually going to go in for hearing tests!
I have most of teh stuff for my New Year's Eve party, except for the food that I'm going to serve there. It's still too early to buy that stuff. But at least I have the recipes for them.
Holiday Theme Eyeglass Frames

I need a new pair of prescription eyeglasses. Yesterday my hubby and I were talking about eyeglasses and he told me that it’s definitely time for me to upgrade my glasses. I am going to do my eyeglasses shopping first thing next year. I am still undecided as to which frame I am going to buy. I need my hubby’s opinion about it because he knows better which frames look best on me. I was browsing through the fantastic eye wear Zenni Optical has in stock right now. Many of those frames come in my favorite festive holiday colors. I like this flexible plastic full rim frame in purple. Purple is my favorite color and also my hubby's but I am not sure if he likes the frame style. I need him to sit down with me when shopping for my eyeglasses. Good thing Zenni has a wide variety of frame styles to choose from.
I consider myself to be a regular customer at Zenni. Over the past couple of years, I bought two pairs of prescription sunglasses from them and am very well pleased. They saved me a lot of money and both pairs were of top notch quality. With the money I saved from my two purchases from them, I was able to send nice birthday presents to both my father and my mother in the Philippines. If you need eyeglasses you should check out Zenni. They have a large selection of inexpensive but high quality and stylish frames. Check them out soon and be sure to leave comments on this posting regarding which frames you like best.