Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Johnson Frank L
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/26/2006
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
1 800 CONTACTS INC [CTAC]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2200
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10020
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 1,678,335
I
See footnotes (1) and (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Johnson Frank L
1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2200
NEW YORK, NY 10020
  X   X    
LAGRANGE CAPITAL PARTNERS OFFSHORE FUND LTD
1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2200
NEW YORK, NY 10020
    X    
LaGrange Capital Administration, L.L.C.
1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS SUITE 2200
NEW YORK, NY 10020
    X    
LaGrange Capital Partners LP
1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2200
NEW YORK, NY 10020
    X    

Signatures

/s/ SARA BELLER, Attorney-in-Fact 11/06/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ SARA BELLER, Attorney-in-Fact 11/06/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ SARA BELLER, Attorney-in-Fact 11/06/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

/s/ SARA BELLER, Attorney-in-Fact 11/06/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
 
Remarks:
(1) LaGrange Capital Partners, L.P. ("LaGrange Capital") directly beneficially owns 1,334,290 shares of Common Stock.  LaGrange Capital Partners Offshore Fund, Ltd. ("LaGrange Offshore") directly beneficially owns 326,884 shares of Common Stock.  LaGrange Capital Administration ("LaGrange Administration") is the Investment Manager of LaGrange Offshore.  Frank LaGrange Johnson directly beneficially owns 15,161 shares of Common Stock in an individual retirement account and a personal trading account and also may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own 2,000 shares of Common Stock held by his wife, Susan Ely Johnson.
(2) Mr. Johnson is the sole member of LaGrange Capital Management, L.L.C., the General Partner of LaGrange Capital.  Mr. Johnson is also the sole member of LaGrange Administration, which is the Investment Manager of LaGrange Offshore.  Mr. Johnson, by virtue of his relationship to LaGrange Capital, LaGrange Offshore, and LaGrange Administration, may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the shares of Common Stock which LaGrange Capital, LaGrange Offshore, and LaGrange Administration own.  On October 26, 2006, Mr. Johnson was appointed to the Board of Directors of 1-800 Contacts, Inc.

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