To Photo or Not to Photo???

What do I do when I have a fairly minor dilemma that stresses me out?? I blog about it! Yes, there's a riveting and fascinating story here. So, Christa will be 3 months old in a few days. Time for professional pictures. We tried to take her to Olan Mills today, thinking we'd get some cheaper pictures for the 3 and 9 month photos and splurge for the 6 and 12 month photos. Things were going perfectly. I checked the website to confirm that they accept walk-ins and reviewed the store hours. I had her clean, dressed, fed, awake, and smiling as we pulled into the parking lot. We walk in ready to create the most amazing photographic artistry ever known, and the lady at the ghetto store we had to go to tells me that they can't squeeze her in. Some woman ON HER CELL PHONE, with BRIGHT PINK HAIR is getting her toddler's picture made and they have too many appointments. Perfect. So, we leave, crushed that our child will spend another day portraitless. I'm in tears. (Why, I'm not exactly sure - it's not that big of a deal. I can get her dressed another day, but I am upset, nonetheless). Cline tries to make me feel better by assuring me that we will get her pictures made, and if we have to go to an expensive place to do it, then that's what we'll do. Being the calm and patient neurotic, "must have things done right this second" person that I am, I start calling the expensive studios, including my wedding photographer, who happens to be photographing my sister's wedding in a couple of weeks. I ask him if he thinks he could squeeze in a few shots of my beautiful daughter when we see him, and he says something about it being my sister's day and her being the priority, yadda yadda yadda. However, I'm welcome to schedule a session, which would of course include a session fee, and for a reasonably small totally out of our range price, we can have beautiful 3 month, 6 month, 9 month, 12 month, mommy and me, daddy and me, and family portraits in a nice album. As a bonus, I can happily spend seriously dent our savings by forking over even more money for prints to frame and put on our minimal wall space. This doesn't even touch photos to give to grandparents, family, etc. So, do I give the affordable K-mart studio another shot and hope for the best?? Or do I spend a lot of money we don't have for priceless treasures that I will look back on for years to come?? I'm never ever going to get this time back, and I love a good professional picture of a beautiful baby. 2 or 3 years from now, will I look back and wish I had the money?? No. Will I wish I had a quality baby album for Christa when I'm having them done for my other kids? Yes. Is it the financially smart thing to do? No. Can I have the guilty pleasure of paying too much money for once-in-a-lifetime pictures since we don't borrow money for cars, do not carry a credit card balance, and are so boringly responsible with our money in every other area of life? Hmmmm...