@brejonalyse: You can absolutely treat yourself without sabotaging your savings. One of my favorite things to do before I overthink my way out of treating myself 😅 is to reallocate instead of restrict! I spend less in the categories that don't make me happy and spend more in the ones that do. If self care matters more than shopping, move the money there. Your budget should be a reflection of what actually makes you happy, not some generic rule you read online. That's the whole point of having a system! You get to decide what your money does for you instead of wondering where it went and finally get to enjoy it the way it was meant to be.