Since I was about 11-12, I remember going to the mall on my birthday just for that. Great birthday present that year...
Anyway, I'm near-sighted, extremely so (everything far off looks fuzzy unless it's right in front of me). I have considered contacts, but I'm naturally clumsy so that rules that out. Laser eye surgery seems a bit too Goldfinger-esque ("Do you expect me to see better?" "No, Mr. Seigler, I expect you to die!") 
Just took them off to check what they are, Eddie Bauer Coronado (whatever that is). They look a little like the classic glasses design, but very thin (hell, I'm wearing them in that "personal pics" pic). Toying with the idea of getting the old-style frames, but I'll probably chicken out at the last minute and opt for the "aviator lenses" :p