weekend wanderings

top: printed pallete

happy last day of 2012. i've honestly never been more excited for a year to end. i guess my only reflection on this year is that i've grown tremendously as a person; most of my lessons learned the hard way. regardless, i'm pretty excited for the new year and as per typical, i have a few resolutions in mind. most are personal but a few i don't mind sharing.

1. read more (actual books with more words than pictures).

2. stop donating money to the gym. (i.e. actually go.)

3. eat healthier (within reason. girl needs her tacos - yo).

4. live my life anchored - is the shirt not obvious? 

ps, check out the printed palette's online shop. seriously the cutest printed tees with a relaxed socal vibe.

this past weekend i went hiking  - though i'm not sure you can really call it that. it had just rained and my sister and dad have wild ideas about what's is normal for outdoor activity. if you can't already tell from my shoes, it was a lot more like sloshing through the mud than it was hiking. i'm really sorry stella mccartney. i royally ruined my sneakers. boo. but frankly, the memories are worth it (so i keep saying to myself).

i hope everyone has a happy and healthy new year!

xo jenny

goddess by way of peru

photography: nik sarac

dress: meghan LA

headpiece: small village in peru

rings: vanessa mooney

bracelets: here & here & here & more elsewhere

 i've endured some strange conditions to get the perfect shot, well perfect in our [me & nik's] eyes. but i must say, lying on top of a 6 inch wide wall ranks pretty highly on the scale of discomfort. not to mention, said wall was wavering a pretty fine line between weathered and moldy. not so bad if you don't mine possible back and buttocks splinters too, i suppose. 

when i bought the headpiece, the lady said i looked like a goddess. she either knew how to sell me things i clearly do not need. or she was being honest. likely the first one. nonetheless, i do love how intricate the headpiece is. added points for being made in peru by artisans. although, it seems everything lately is "handmade by artisans." ponder that.

xo jenny

velvet & chains

photography: nik sarac

dress & cardigan: nightcap clothing

along with my affinity for all things studded and spiked and distressed comes by strong attraction to anything with back detailing. backless works too. 

nightcap clothing is better known for their lace dresses as made famous by starlets like ashley tisdale. being the odd one out, i fell in love with their velvet & chain dress. i typically hate anything velvet because it always hugs all the wrong places and i'm still against spanx. this dress hugs only some of the wrong places so it works for me. 

hope everyone has a fantastic christmas! to sum mine up in a few hashtags...

1. #subwayfobreakfast

2. #lotsofdriving (total distance traveled in 1 day... 243 miles)

3. #vietnameseforlunch

4. #yogurtlandfordinner

5. #iwouldnthaveitanyotherway

also - #whydidntanyonerecognizeme

xo jenny

my best friend's home

dress: for love and lemons

shoes: jeffrey campbell

photography: nik sarac

monterey, ca - how did i never know about this place?! i mean figuratively of course. the scenic view is unreal. i so desperately want to spend an entire day just staring at the ocean view. 

xo jenny

san diego by night

photography: nik sarac

it would be a dream come true if i could wear hoodies and bikini bottoms all day. too bad it's actually getting colder in LA now and i'm required to wear real bottoms; both by law and by nature. nonetheless, i enjoyed teetering the line between socal cool and half-naked blasphemy. 

by the way, how sick are the sleeves on this hoodie? hand embroidered by artisans. and a horn for a zipper? the fashion equivalent to a cherry on top. so to speak.

xo jenny