Packing for LA (and feeling like Jennifer Aniston)

I have been procrastinating the packing until this morning, when I decided to try some outfits on and take pics for the blog to motivate myself. I'm travelling alone with my daughter (my husband is already in LA and will pick us up at the airport) so I am trying to not overpack. I have imposed myself the rule that for each item that I bring I must be able to create two outfits, except for the dresses for the party.

The first item that I'm going to bring is the striped sequin henley, that I'm going to pair with a purchase from the new arrivals that many of you got right (special mention to casual-crew who picked this one out of all of them in my new arrivals post): I couldn't leave the cropped matchstick jeans in the store (see shopping rule number 5) and as a matter of fact a pair of cropped jeans where on my wishlist this year as I didn't have any. These aren't THAT cropped on me but I really like the supersoft and the summery "dream" wash.
Mrs. anketell, if you are reading, this outfit is for you:




I love the henley paired with the ruffled knit vest, but if it turns out that I don't have enough room in the suitcase this one is going to stay home (as it's kind of voluminous and I don't "need it").
The second outfit with the henley is very casual and I'm planning to wear it to hang out in Santa Monica, Abbott Kinley Bd. or have breakfast on Melrose (although it may be a little bit too far from the villa):



The second item is the tulle fountain top. I really love this top. I'm going to pair it with my white jeans to go out in the evening:



Ok, maybe I am not going to wear the ON neon pink flip-flops to go out but I wanted to show them to you as they are identical to the Jcrew ones (they are more "neon" than in this pic and they only they cost $9.50):



I know that this will sound weird but because I own the hatch print bikini I also plan on wearing it over the bikini to hang out around the pool.
Speaking of pool, we are going to have a pool barbecue on Sunday and I am going to wear one of these:



Yes, that's the Target Teagan tunic. Thanks to Sweet Tea in Seattle who posted the link to purchase it on the Target website in this post, so I could get one (as I never go to Target and I thought that it was in-store only). For $26 it is a stunning print and perfect to wear around the pool (less the jeans).
The other option is my loyal DVF wrap dress from a few years ago, that I am going to take anyway to hang around the house:



That's more or less it. I will throw in a few basic tees and maybe another top if I have enough room (wishful thinking). The question is how much time we are going to spend at the house and how much out in LA. Because our daughter is coming with us and the house is kind of remote, I bet that we are not going to take the car much but our best friends are staying in Santa Monica and they are coming with their son, so I think that at least we are up for a stroll in Santa Monica.

I almost forgot: you must wonder what all this has to do with Jennifer Aniston. Well, besides the fact that she is the image of California to me, a tanned and blonde version of the French Marianne, I had an appointment with my hairdresser this morning and my hair really, really remind me of Jennifer's (pardon my modesty, it must be the excitement of the trip):



Have a great Memorial Day weekend, I will take plenty of pics of the house and the party to share with you (BTW someone asked if we have hired a parsonal photographer for the party. We didn't, but I hope that this little gadget that I bought along with my new camera will take the pictures for us while we sip cocktails).