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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-10-26</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2006-11-06</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001050122</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>1 800 CONTACTS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CTAC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001315394</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Johnson Frank L</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1270 SIXTH AVENUE, SUITE 2200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10020</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001353724</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LaGrange Capital Administration, L.L.C.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS SUITE 2200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10020</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001324023</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LaGrange Capital Partners LP</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1270 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 2200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10020</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001302583</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LAGRANGE CAPITAL PARTNERS OFFSHORE FUND LTD</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>73 FRONT ST</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HAMILTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>A1</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>000000</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1690335</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See footnotes (1) and (2)</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">LaGrange Capital Partners, L.P. (&quot;LaGrange Capital&quot;) directly beneficially owns 1,344,290 shares of Common Stock.
 LaGrange Capital Partners Offshore Fund, Ltd. (&quot;LaGrange Offshore&quot;) directly beneficially owns 326,884 shares of Common
 Stock.  LaGrange Capital Administration (&quot;LaGrange Administration&quot;) is the Investment Manager of LaGrange Offshore.  Frank
 LaGrange Johnson directly beneficially own 17,161 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.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">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.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/  Frank LaGrange Johnson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-02-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/  Frank LaGrange Johnson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-02-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/  Frank LaGrange Johnson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-02-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/  Frank LaGrange Johnson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-02-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
