I Hate Payday Mondays
And I hate it even more when my posts get eaten by the system.
I just realized that Monday is payday for me. I get paid on the last day of the month this month.
Sux0rs.
I don’t mind getting paid after Wednesday, but getting my check on Monday or Tuesdays stinks. I pay myself an allowance on Fridays so I can frugalize during the work week if I over spent on the weekend. If I pay myself early in the week, it sucks to frugalize on the weekend if I spent too much during the week. My mental spending plan runs from Friday to Thursday.
I am sure I am not the only one who feels this way.
Who else prefers to be paid later in the week? Does it effect how you spend?
asgreen wrote:
I actually get paid monthly, which at first I hated, but now I like. It is sad when more then half your money is gone with 2 weeks to go, but it does focus my budgeting into nice monthly chunks.
Posted on 25-Mar-08 at 10:49 am | Permalink
spillingbuckets wrote:
I get paid every two weeks always on a Wednesday. My fiance gets paid every two weeks also, but his alternate with mine so we end up with a paycheck once a week, always on Wednesdays. I like it - there’s always money coming in. Although it would be easier to budget if we just got a monthly chunk
Posted on 25-Mar-08 at 1:29 pm | Permalink
Sistah Ant wrote:
I would hate to get paid early in the week. I like to spend all my money late in the week on saving and bills so I can head into a weekend knowing how much I can spend.
Posted on 25-Mar-08 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
Dainty Dollar wrote:
I like getting paid on Friday. It gives me something to look foward to during the week. Then over the weekend I can plan for next week.
Posted on 25-Mar-08 at 3:32 pm | Permalink
budgets are sexy wrote:
it doesn’t matter all that much to me as i put almost everything on a credit card. the only thing i REALLY care about is getting paid on time
Posted on 25-Mar-08 at 6:21 pm | Permalink
SavingDiva wrote:
I have to admit that I like being paid of Friday (bi-weekly). Some of my coworkers are paid monthly (depends on pay grade) and I think it would suck! I pay myself an allowace every pay check….
Posted on 25-Mar-08 at 8:51 pm | Permalink
amaranta wrote:
i get paid on the 1st and 16th, which is annoying bc if it falls on a sat/sunday/holiday you have to wait until the next business day, which can be 2-3 days later!
Posted on 25-Mar-08 at 11:29 pm | Permalink
Msminiducky wrote:
Huh, I think I’m in the minority here. I get paid every other Wednesday, but pretty much like getting paid whenever. It’s been forever since there’s been any change in that pay schedule, but I generally just work the bills out of an expense account anyway so it should not matter when I get paid.
Posted on 26-Mar-08 at 1:22 pm | Permalink
HC wrote:
I actually LIKE getting paid on Mondays. I find it much easier to economize by giving up the occasional weekend outing than by giving up a lunch or two out during the week. I’m also more likely to need cash during the week (contributing to the water club et al) than on the weekend, when I can put things on my credit card.
Posted on 27-Mar-08 at 1:30 pm | Permalink