Heavy on the TCOY (TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF)

TCOY

1. Salon blowout this morning to put my best self forward. It really transforms my own outlook and certainly, the way others see me.
2. Ate a salad w grilled chicken, big step for me [see below].
3. Making healthy dinner, with spaghetti squash and that whole wheat vegetable ravioli I bought Down at the Shore yesterday.

$ MONEY SPENT OUT OF POCKET [not counting price of annual LinkedIn premium subscription renewal, at a discount vs. $29.99 monthly]

• Parking meter, about $1.50.
• 212 Salon & Day Spa, shampoo & blowout by Alicia Victoria plus tip, $45.
• Sparo's Deli,  1 lb sautéed Italian sweet green peppers and large romaine salad w cherry tomatoes and olives and excellent grilled chicken on the side, plus counter tip, $24. It's a new family business in town--Maria said she uses her family recipes--and I wanted to support it. Plus, I use the peppers as a veggie side dish or ingredient at breakfast, lunch or dinner.
• Joyist, large organic latte, $6.
• Nouvelle, another 5-pack of pink satin scrunches for Punchy---she loved them for Christmas, and now 50 percent off, about $6.40.
• Kings, ground turkey and large can crushed tomatoes, to make both plain and Bolognese sauce for dinner, $5.49.

Total daily spend: $88.39.

Ongoing monthly spend as of Feb. 25: $2,084.69.

Avg daily spend: $83.39.