And NOW I have to have my sodding PHOTO taken by Venture. I have NOTHING to wear

[fillyjonk]

I really don't

I am somewhere in the first trimester, I am on baby no 3 so this is NOT good news.

I have to wear trousers but i look pretty crappy in trousers, having stupidly short legs.

Right now I have NO waist

oh and NO money

and NO time

wtf am i going to do?

Thoughts?

[Aloha]

Your photo, you decide what to wear, surely. Wear a frock.
I wouldn't jump around for a photo if you paid me good money.

[fillyjonk]

no they are STRICT

I have to take TWO outfits so they can tell me what to wear

oh ar$e

ps there is a long, tangled, complex web as to WHY I have to have this done

[ash6605]

Don't go-you can't afford to buy the photo's so why bother??

[HenriettaHippo]

why do you have to wear trousers? Agree with Aloha. It's your picture, wear whatever you want to. Whatever you feel comfortable in.

[ash6605]

I only had one outfit,so did DH,so did DC's.
they never said anything to me about 2

[Aloha]

Excuse me, the day they pay you is the day they can tell you what to wear.

[HenriettaHippo]

what are they going to do if you turn up in a skirt, throw you out?! You could start a thread - "I got chucked out of Venture".

No wonder all their photos look the same...

[fillyjonk]

i can

they give you one free picture

they will try to get us to pay more but we will cunningly leave all forms of payment at home

i actually cannot be ar$ed with this but dp is very enthusiastic

[fillyjonk]

I HATE their photos

oh i am an eegit, why am i doing this?

[ash6605]

Trust me,you will want to buy more.

[ash6605]

anyway i want to hear this LONG story!!

[HenriettaHippo]

when we did ours, they got us back a week or so later to view the photos - so leave all cards and bank details behind then! They did all they could to make us take out finance to get a great big wall canvas with our faces peering out of it. Sorry to all those who have them, but I can't think of anything worse than my own face, twice lifesize staring down off my lounge wall...

[ruddynorah]

NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! put a white sheet on the floor, all of you lay on it and get someone to take a picture of you all from above. job done. get your pics free from snapfish.com

[tigerschick]

Me too, Ash.
You can't say there's a long story then not tell us even the bones of it!

[fillyjonk]

yes but this is FREEEEEE

FREEEEEEEE

so better even than a white sheet on the floor

oh god though i cannot be arsed

[ruddynorah]

but the FREEEEE one is a teeny tiny picture.

[fillyjonk]

oh its not worth it, is it?

{hopeful]

[Pinkchampagne]

I bet you don't just walk away with the little desk top picture they give you free!
They invite you back for a viewing & show you gorgeous pictures of your children on a big screen, all done to music, and the temptation to purchase more than one picture is just too great!

Be warned - they are very expensive! A collection of 3 small pictures in 1 long frame will knock you back £800!

I have had sessions with Venture, and they never told me what to wear!

[ash6605]

it is supposed to be worth £75 but it is 7x5 inch.basically,no bigger than a photo you'd take off your own camera.
the free frames are shit so you have to pay sumething like £125 to upgrade or get your own frame.

and you will be tempted cause they get you in so many different poses

[Twiglett]

why are you doing this

why don't you get a photographer to follow you for an afternoon and do loads of beautiful natural shots

there was a mn'er who did this IIRC .. her site looked lovely

venture are a total rip-off

[Pinkchampagne]

The frame they give you for the free picture is very basic

[Idreamofdaleks]

Dump the venture session, spend the £2k saving on digital camera and new wardrobe

Free my ar**, that's what they all think

[Pinkchampagne]

They used to provide ballons & balls for the children, but now they ask you to bring your own toys along!