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lostinrates

Masomnia wrote: »

Just finished doing my slides for the presentation I have to give on Thursday as part of the interview. Have to do them tonight as I'm travelling down tomorrow and staying in a hotel

Feeling well up for it. I'm a good fit for them I think, and I'm actually quite looking forward to the day. I know my stuff and I'm fairly confident presenting so it should be ok. It's the presentation and some group exercises, tour of the building, and a 20 minute interview.

Only snag is that the dress code is 'smart casual', which for me is an absolute nightmare. You know where you stand if it's a standard business dress thing, nice suit, cufflinks and all that. Sadly not so. I've got a nice jacket (brown), and a nice shirt and jumper, trousers I'm thinking chinos (supposedly these will make a good impression).

purch wrote: »

You havn't mentioned shoes. That is the killer........what to wear with Chinos that are not too "casual" but not too "smart" ........................... oh, and lose the jumper mate :eek:

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Smart casual is:

Brown brogues (Oxford)
Red pantaloons
White and blue checked shirt
Mustard jumper or cardigan
Tweed jacket
Labrador (Black, optional)

Chinos are the smart casual trouser of choice where DH works. (DH is more of the chewmylegoff of school of dressing hence its quoted).

I think they are a good, safe choice. DH hates chinos so he doesn't. Costs me a fortune in dry cleaning his red pantaloons, they just fade to pink home laundering.

Re the jumper, purchase is right, its not terribly stylish, but if the snaps of the day are anything to go by they are quite popular and practical. DH has a few jumpers he takes certainly. I'd probably ditch for a presentation ( you might get warm with the excitement of it all anyway, and a glowing man in a jumper is always a bit distracting.

LydiaJ

Nikkster wrote: »

I'm even more glad that I'm not purchasing right now. You guys really know how to make a girl feel conscious about the size of her mortgage! I'll be delighted if I make it to the end on my 5 year fix in one piece and in not too bad shape for finding something after that. Depending on if I need to take any career breaks (which I'm hoping I will at some point...), I might well need my full 30 year term. I guess I'd be bored if I didn't have to go to work...

Chewy is buying with a partner.
Jelly has been living at home (I think) for ages while building up his deposit.

You bought with neither of these advantages. You are doing well to have bought at all, after the financial fiasco of your relationship with your ex. :T
Cut yourself some slack, girl.

Masomnia wrote: »

Just finished doing my slides for the presentation I have to give on Thursday as part of the interview. Have to do them tonight as I'm travelling down tomorrow and staying in a hotel

Feeling well up for it. I'm a good fit for them I think, and I'm actually quite looking forward to the day. I know my stuff and I'm fairly confident presenting so it should be ok. It's the presentation and some group exercises, tour of the building, and a 20 minute interview.

All the best for it, Masomnia. Have fun!

Doozergirl

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Smart casual is:

Brown brogues (Oxford)
Red pantaloons
White and blue checked shirt
Mustard jumper or cardigan
Tweed jacket
Labrador (Black, optional)

That's the dress code for the Henley Regatta, without the labrador. Never seen so many pairs of red trousers.

Very best of luck, Masomnia! Let us know how you get on! Nobody likes the dress code 'smart casual'. It instills fear in most people and is the phrase most likely to spark phonecalls and text messages between women asking 'what are you wearing?'. I think your plan sounds good. I would probably avoid wearing a jumper as you will probably get creasing if you need to take it off. Smart casual demands brown shoes for men, I think.

Generali

In Australia, smart casual is wiping your hands on your shorts after changing the oil in your car. It's such a scruffy country.

Our local bowling/RSL is actually quite nice. Not amazing but it's ok. There's a dress code: no beach wear, no scuffed flip flops. They make an exception on beach wear most of the time as long as you're not in budgie smugglers or a bikini.



And on scuffed flip flops.

silvercar

purch wrote: »

You havn't mentioned shoes. That is the killer........what to wear with Chinos that are not too "casual" but not too "smart" ........................... oh, and lose the jumper mate :eek:

I was going to say the same, then I thought it may make you feel self conscious if you stuck to the jumper. Crisp ironed shirt would be safer.

Good luck!

silvercar

chewmylegoff wrote: »

So...in my first job I had a stakeholder pension for the last two years I was there 2003/4. I paid in 2% and my employer paid in 2%. Total annual contribution was about £1,200. So max paid in was £2,400.

10 years of growth, higher interest rates in the early years, compounded interest......

Also people do tend to be forgetful about how long they have contributed, it could be more than 2 years.

OH just commented that if it was a contracted out scheme, the government would also have shoved some money in.

Generali

PS Budgie smugglers (NSFW) as modeled by our PM.

Smart casual covers a range of sins IMHO. It needn't be chinos, cotton shirt & brown shoes thus making you look like Tony Blair on holiday. Jeans (not £3 from Tesco) are well within the range of smart casual if you wear a shirt with them and a decent pair of boots or shoes IMHO.

vivatifosi

DH's dress code for work is smart casual. Mostly he wears chinos, linen or cotton shirt without tie and nice boots. If it's cold he'll occasionally wear a jumper, but never a novelty one. And never a Labrador. Or red trousers.

He's very colour blind and once went shopping for chinos by himself. The lovely sedate grey pair he thought he'd bought were actually bright green and would not have looked out of place on Bucks Fizz when they represented Britain at Eurovision.

Doozergirl

Generali wrote: »

PS Budgie smugglers (NSFW) as modeled by our PM.

Smart casual covers a range of sins IMHO. It needn't be chinos, cotton shirt & brown shoes thus making you look like Tony Blair on holiday. Jeans (not £3 from Tesco) are well within the range of smart casual if you wear a shirt with them and a decent pair of boots or shoes IMHO.

He's quite hot, lol! I like the dripping wet, running on the beach in stripey pants look!

Doozer would always wear jeans for smart casual until he hit 40. Admittedly, I made him purchase the chinos for a polo event, but that's it now.

Doozergirl

(Goes back to look at Aussie PM)