I've got a very low prescription, minus 10. Seems £380 is commonly the price I pay for glasses.i go for 1.67 refractive index or higher, usually 1.74 tbh. Without that my lenses would be so thick they're in another time zone!
Contact lenses? I got high water content lenses years ago now but they were toric. The better, more comfortable lenses couldn't be found in toric lenses. They had me clawing my eyes out if I wore for longer than 3 hours. I once wore them for 6 hours straight! I needed new eyes after that. Took a few weeks to get over it!
I was at the limit for wearing contact lenses due to dry eyes. Much drier than mine and I wouldn't have been suitable for contacts. Very dry eyes do affect wearing of them.
I'm seeing a new, to me, local opticians. The one I got my contacts from 15 plus years ago. I'm not looking forward to the bill! I need main glasses but also computer glasses too. I might get a contribution from work, must check on that. I might get driving glasses I think blue filter helps with that. I might need reading glasses too. I think I could get away with 2 glasses but that could be costly as they're not a cheap place.
I'm also thinking of getting a pair of fl42 tinted glasses for light sensitivity related to migraines. That adds nearly £150-200 to the price of normal glasses. That's for a few months on though. When I'm more flush.
New glasses are essential but the price hurts my wallet, and me, a bit too much.