The Boyfriend scored us a free photoshoot last night at a local studio. It was located at some semi-dodgy building in a semi-dodgy part of town though the studio itself seemed quite nicely kitted out. We were given a form to fill out and for some reason, the staff thought we were married so for the heck of it, we decided to play along, claiming that we were engaged. I slipped my shiny diamond ring onto my left ring finger and waved in the consultant's face when she ooh-ed and aah-ed at my hand. Apparently, we were due to be married in February and had known each other for almost 5 years. The consultant was a bit of a dolt though, making some of the most inappropriate small-talk comments I had ever heard, including telling the Boyfriend that if he was looking for a pretty girl like me he was sure to find them easily enough if he took a walk in the local red-light district, thereby insinuating that I could have easily been a hooker.

We were herded into hair and make-up first and while the Boyfriend only took minutes to prepare, they spent ages piling thick make-up on my face and dousing my hair with hairspray. I felt like a clown afterwards. We were then ushered into a studio and took a bunch of cheesy photographs in unnatural poses. After that, it was back down to hair and make-up and a costume change. We decided to go for Japanese and I stood around while a kimono was tied around me before we went to take more photos. I have to admit, the Boyfriend did look rather delicious. He seemed so natural in taking the shots while I felt positively ridiculous throughout the whole process.

We changed back into our regular clothes after that and they brought us to a computer where our photos had been loaded onto the screen. I have to admit, some of them really did turn out quite nice. Some of the best shots were ones were I was too busy laughing at the silliness of us to notice that the camera had captured the moment. The Boyfriend commented in an off-hand way that we really did look good together in our photos and I couldn't help but agree. We did look nice together, especially in the shots where we weren't paying attention and just looking at each other.

Unfortunately, the hard sell came after that where they tried to convince us to pay an exhorbitant amount for the photos and also to book them now for our up-coming wedding (haha, which we'd almost forgotten about at that point) . We didn't get to take home any photos but we told them we'd keep them in mind for our future.

It was an interesting experience to say the least. Having the Boyfriend there made it fun despite the staff's incompetence.