Comments | veggiesu: Of shoes and sheds

veggiesu

Of shoes and sheds

Oct 07, 2009 00:31

In reverse order...

We can haz shed :-) I had to take a day off today to take delivery and "supervise" the building of our new shed (oh, the sacrifices I make). DH has a grand plan to use a new, bigger (and non-mouse-infested) shed to solve some of our storage problems, so spent last weekend demolishing our terribly old and near-derelict shed, ( Read more... )

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lamentables October 7 2009, 05:06:14 UTC

Pls to remember, when considering my response, that I haven't worked in an office since 1993.

veggiesu October 7 2009, 20:29:27 UTC

I'm not sure that office convention has changed all that much; and given that I've been working in offices for donkeys years and still don't have a clue I'm sure that your opinion is at least as valid as mine (if not more so).

immortalradical October 7 2009, 10:15:36 UTC

They might look a bit odd for two reasons: the shape and brogueing doesn't make them formal formal, and nor does the material, which looks like a suedey finish to me that I wouldn't wear with formal trousers. (Also, they're black - are all your formal trousers either black or grey?)

They do perhaps look a bit masculine, but I really don't think that's an issue.

veggiesu October 7 2009, 20:46:58 UTC

Yep, my "smart" trousers (ie, one pair that's part of a suit, and one plain black pair of non-denim trousers) are black. I do have smart brown trousers but I have boots to go with them. If I buy new shoes for work, they'll be black.

In terms of the material, I must admit I hadn't considered the fact that they're suedeish. TBH, I think I might own one pair of leather-like shoes (well, boots), all the rest that aren't fabric, are suedeish. I'm not necessarily looking for funeral-formal, just office smart (like I said, I've been living in jeans at work this past year, so that typically means ballet flats, sneakers or shitkicker boots depending on the season). Hmm.