I got glasses this May, for distance only. Quite late really, considering I'm 17. And y'know what? I LOVE them! It is absolutly amazing being able to see so well, all the leaves on trees, colours aren't merely blurs in shops, I can see people's faces (maybe not such a good thing all the time XD) and it was quite hard to read white writing on black. I think it just shows how bad my eyes are because of how amazed I was when I put them on for the very first time.
I'm lucky to be able to get fashionable glasses on the NHS for free (otherwise they're £129 o.O). I was able to get the 11-15 year olds ones (which only have fashionable glasses to encourage the to wear them), if I got the adult ones for free they'd be big and ugly. Mine are burgundy