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Healthy Habits Challenge - January 2020

I have the habit of spending too much of my money on makeup, and spending too much of my time browsing for makeup and consuming makeup-related media. To counteract this, I make myself "earn" my makeup budget by doing things that are better for my mental and physical health. Here's how I did for the month of January:

Purchases:
~ I impulse-purchased a nail polish at the grocery store - $5
~ Too Faced Sparkling Pineapple eyeshadow palette - another Marshall's find - $15
~ Pacifica nail polish "Abalone" - I had a coupon at Ulta - $7

Books read ($1 per 100 pages)
~ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 322 pages ($3.22)

Exercise ($1 per workout class attended or $4 per hour of other exercise)
~ 1/2/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/3/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/6/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/8/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/10/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/13/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/15/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/17/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/19/20 - 1h walk outside - $4
~ 1/20/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/22/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/23/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/26/20 - 1h walk outside - $4
~ 1/27/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/29/20 - Orange Theory class - $1
~ 1/31/20 - Orange Theory class - $1

Money available to spend: $6.40

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