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Healthy Habits Challenge (& No-Buy update) - February 2019

Purchases:
~ Elizabeth & James Nirvana Bourbon - $51 - it's being discontinued, and I had always intended to buy a full size after finishing the rollerball. I wasn't ready to part ways with the scent yet, and didn't want to end up hoarding the rollerball, so I got it
~ My husband bought me the Natasha Denona Mini Star Palette for Valentine's Day, so it's a new item to my collection but I won't count it in my money tally.

Books read ($1 per 100 pages)
~ Heart of Texas: Volume 2 by Debbie Macomber - 399 pages ($3.99)
~ American Eden by Victoria Johnson - 70 pages ($0.71) I couldn't get into this one.
~ Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - 310 pages ($3.10) - LOVED, highly recommend.

Exercise ($5 per workout video, from the BeachBody line of workout videos)
~ 02/01/19 - "Cardio Fix" from 21 Day Fix series - $5
~ 02/04/19 - 1h walk - $5
~ 02/21/19 - 1h walk - $5
~ 02/22/19 - "Dirty 30" from 21 Day Fix series - $5
~ 02/23/19 - 1h walk - $5

Duolingo ($1 per 10 day streak)
~ I kind of fell off of doing this after about a year of doing it. Meh.

Money available to spend: $15.14

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