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Healthy Habits Challenge - July 2018

I'm restructuring how I'm setting this up, partly due to my lagging motivation once I fell too far behind. So bear with me as I make some changes. If you have any suggestions, let me know!

Recap: I'm trying to cut down on my makeup spending as a hobby, and starting to focus more on hobbies and habits that are better for me. I give myself money towards makeup spending (ratios in parentheses below) for each good habit I'm trying to form.

Purchases:
~ I bought the Nars powermatte liquid lipstick in "Don't Stop", described as a geranium red. I won't count it towards my totals since I used a gift card. I just wanted to include it here so I can own up to not finishing No Buy July (I bought it on the 30th, whoops). There's been some moving drama, and some kind friends got me a Sephora gift card for some self-love - long story short, I don't feel bad about this purchase.

Books read ($1 per 100 pages)
~ Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys - 400 pages ($4)
~ Grey by EL James - 561 pages ($5.61)
~ A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - 204 pages ($2.04)
~ Cowboy Pride by Lacy Williams - 248 pages ($2.48) - yes, it's a Wild West version of Pride and Prejudice, and no, I'm not sorry.

Exercise ($5 per 30 minutes since I've been doing more exercise videos)
~ workout video 7/1 -$5
~ workout video 7/2 - $5
~ workout video 7/3 - $5
~ workout video 7/6 - $5
~ workout video 7/8 - $5

Duolingo ($1 per 10 day streak)
~ 7/7 - hit 90 day streak ($1)
~ 7/17 - hit 100 day streak ($1)
~ 7/27 - hit 110 day streak ($1)

Money available to spend: $42.13


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