Once a month here. I actually find it easier to budget, but that's only because the paycheck hits a few days before a bunch of the biggest required monthly expenses -- I plan everything based on knowing that mortgage, bills, yadda yadda are taken care of at a time when there's enough in the bank, and everything after that is stuff where it's possible to tighten up if I have to.
Nothin'. I just wanted you to face me so she could get behind ya.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Jan 25, 2008 8:09:14 am PST #5432 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Kathy A - Jan 25, 2008 8:10:03 am PST #5433 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I get paid every other Friday at my full-time job (every Friday at the bookstore, and I just set up direct deposit for that check, starting next week--yay!), and had my "extra" paycheck in December, in terms of being able to shift the rent check around. So that worked out nicely for getting Xmas presents bought.
Speaking of checks, I've got three weeks worth of bookstore paychecks ready to get deposited tomorrow morning on my way into work--$180, which is nice! I'm getting used to having an additional $50-75 a week.
msbelle - Jan 25, 2008 8:10:21 am PST #5434 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I just switched from 15th and last to every 2 weeks. I may need to look at a few auto-payment things in my banking that were set to pay out 2 days after a paycheck.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2008 8:12:08 am PST #5435 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like it better than every other week.
Works better with my autopayments.
I think.
Glamcookie - Jan 25, 2008 8:14:24 am PST #5436 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I like twice per month. GF and I throw a set amount into a shared account each pay day for bills and shared expenses. Works well.
Sue - Jan 25, 2008 8:14:48 am PST #5437 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I get paid bi-weekly, which I like. It used to be that one pay was for rent and bills, and the other was for me. Now my mortgage is taken out bi-weekly (and double my rent) so little of it's for me anymore.
megan walker - Jan 25, 2008 8:15:54 am PST #5438 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Mine too. I like it better than every other week.
Yeah, I thought I wouldn't, but I've realized that it makes budgeting so much easier. Of course, it helps that my first check is roughly rent+bills+1/2 of my monthly cash budget. That leaves the second check for debt, savings, and the other 1/2 of my cash budget. Shorter months means I have a bit more cash on a weekly basis, which is nice.
shrift - Jan 25, 2008 8:15:56 am PST #5439 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
My pay days are the 15th and last day of the month
Same. I really hate that my credit card bill needs to be paid a little over a week after I pay rent.
In other news, OH MY GOD, people, stop sending me work! I officially have Too Much To Do.
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2008 8:17:37 am PST #5440 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I really hate that my credit card bill needs to be paid a little over a week after I pay rent.
Some credit card companies will let you change the due date as a one-time courtesy....
Kat - Jan 25, 2008 8:17:39 am PST #5441 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I like getting paid. Period.
I actually find it easier to budget, but that's only because the paycheck hits a few days before a bunch of the biggest required monthly expenses.
I wish this were the case. We get paid on the 5th, which is 5 days after rent is due. And with LAUSD, no one is ever positive that they will get paid, correctly or not.