IT’S the time of year I hate the most. Last week I got the dreaded annual school email asking me to part with at least £22 of my hard earned cash for one school photo of my child, Ella, 11 years, who has just started at senior school, and in a few weeks time it will be the same with my primary school son, Leo , seven. 5 Kirsty said she thinks school photos are tacky Credit: Supplied 5 She said she wouldn't even buy them if they were cheap Credit: Supplied 5 The mum-of-two said she would rather spend her money on Costa Credit: Supplied For this price I could get a single digital photo, the same as four large lattes and cookie from Costa - something I’d much rather spend my dosh on.
If I went for the Platinum Portrait Package, consisting of 8 varying sizes, it would cost me £57. Or, if I wanted to part with £75 which would buy almost our weekly shop, I could get a canvas print of her sitting looking awkward and faking a smile in the school hall. After years of being asked to pay for school photos, I can confidently say any mum who chooses to splash the cash and buy these photos is a fool.
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