Archive for the ‘budget’ Category

When is payday?

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

How often do you get paid and does it affect how you spend and budget?I have been working a more or less full-time since 1997. The other day, I was thinking about all of the different paydays that I have had over the last decade:Paper check every Friday afternoon - ...

Does a windfall cause you to overspend?

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Do you lose track of "un-budgeted" income? Sometimes our plans for extra money don't add up. When we anticipate a tax refund or a stimulus rebate or a job bonus or other side income, we start to spend it before it actually arrives - and many times the math does ...