August Plan With Me

I decided to go with a citrus/lemonade theme this month. Since it's the last summer month I thought this would be the best way to incorporate a summer theme without being too summery.

On the left I have my month at a glace and under that I have any important dates that I need to remember to mark on my calendar. On the right hand side I have my expenses for the month. I decided to completely omit my budget tracker since I wasn't completely keeping up with.

Next I have my habit and mood tracker. It's laid out like a monthly calendar but I color my in my habits and moods in as the month progresses.

I decided to make the first week on August books themed because the fourth and fifth is Arkansas tax holiday. Best day for back to school shopping.

June Monthly Setup

June's theme is summer and mermaids. This month I felt super lazy so I decided to use an old stamp set I got at Michael's last year sometime before or after summer. I didn't want the stamp to bleed through so I stamped them onto a regular sheet of paper, cut it out and pasted it into my bullet journal.

The colored coral and shell I used a regular marker and just dabbed the stamp until it looked like it was holding the color and stamped it directly onto the paper. As always, my calligraphy is slowing getting better with time.

My month at a glance is a lot bigger this month. Yay! In the previous months I made my month at a glace all on one page. I keep feeling clammed up so I decided to try out an entire two pages instead of just the one. As of right now, I like the look. The mermaid on the side is from the same set as the cover page mermaid.

My budget tracker is the same as last months. I like this setup and I think I am going to continue using this setup up until I find something more functional. Not that this one isn't, but I like this one in particular because it forces you to keep up with all your budgeting. That is, unless you want to get really behind.

This month I put my habit and mood tracker all into one big monthly calendar instead of multiple individual ones. The tracker is three dots across and five dots down. This gives me enough room to color in all my habit and even more than one mood if I need it. And, as you can see this month was all kinds of mess up too.

Monthly Favorites

All my favorites this month are great. However, in conjunction with one another they are even better. One of my favorites for a few months now (but I haven't been blogging) is the YSL Touche Eclat Blur Primer. It is great for smoothing over any dry patches you may have on your skin.

The second item I have as a favorite is the Too Faced Peach Blur Translucent Smoothing Finishing Powder. I know a few bigger youtubers and bloggers don't really like this but I love it. It works great to smooth over and blur any imperfections that I have.

In my experience you can not use a fluffy brush with this powder. You have to use a denser brush that's going to be able to pick up the powder without fluffing it up and away. Personally, I like to use this Tarte brush from the 2017 holiday collection. However, I think that any dense brush you own will work.

Don't always take a fellow blogger or youtuber,s likes and dislikes so seriously. Especially because every ones skin is different. What may work on one may not work on another. If you are curious about a certain product definitely try it out for yourself. If you don't like it there is always the option of returning it. These two products together are a match made in heaven for my skin. I hope you liked the post and maybe even try out the products in the future.

May Bullet Journal Setup + Weeklys

My may cover page I tried to stay with a floral theme. However, it didn't stick that long. It only made it to the monthly setup and the first weekly spread.

My May month at a glance was pretty simplistic.  Anything with an underline was related to bills and anything that needed to payed. Any date with a filled in circle were events for the month. The red arrows signified any event that was occurring for more than one day.

Next was my budget and habit trackers. On the top of my budget tracker I just put in order by date my bills and the amount due. Which I did not fill in until the week it was due. On the bottom half of that page I just have different things I'm tracking like how much I'm spending on gas, take out, entertainment, groceries, and miscellaneous items. Under that I marked out each week so I know exactly how much I'm spending each week and then a grand total for the month for each category.

My habit tracker was all over the place this month. As you can see I made 3 tiny months for each habit I was tracking. My mood tracker was a wreath full of leaves. And each day I colored the corresponding color to how I was feeling that day.

I was debating about a brain dump page but I'm happy I added it. I feel like on the months I put this in I don't use it and on the months that I don't have it, I wish I would have put it in. So I think I'm going to continue putting this page in even if I may or may not use it.

My first weekly spread was from April 30th to May 6th.

Week two: May 7th to May 13th

Week three: May 14th through the 20th

Week four: May 21st through May 27

Week five: May 28th through June 3rd

I made both these weeks a one page per week because I knew they were going to be uneventful. I made them just large enough to fit in my daily thoughts and any reminders for due dates or events.