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The 8 emotions of the first payday after Christmas

We’ve been waiting, such a long time….

Jan 30th 2015, 1:06 PM 23,844 Views 7 Comments

THIS WEEK BROUGHT much needed relief into many bank accounts, as the first post-Christmas payday finally arrived.

As if January isn’t bad enough what with all the Janxiety and Jannui, waiting for that much needed cash is an emotional rollercoaster…

There’s the realisation

Wondering why I'm so desperately wishing it was pay day again...then I realised I got paid before Christmas and it's had to last longer. 😒
— Brogan (@brogantatexo) January 11, 2015

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The checking. Oh, the checking

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The waiting

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And waiting

Waiting 6 weeks to be paid again after Christmas is no laughing matter 😨 roll on Friday! #payday #longmonth
— Rachel Cantwell (@canty85) January 28, 2015

Source: Rachel Cantwell/Twitter

I think I speak for us all when I say; COME ON PAYDAY!!
— Siún Ní Dhuinn (@Siuners) January 27, 2015

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The beans

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Judging by the smell in the ladies' loo, someone's surviving on a diet of curried war, pestilence and beans in the run up to pay day.
— Mitten d'Amour (@MittenDAmour) January 29, 2014

Source: Mitten d'Amour/Twitter

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The joy, the luminescent joy!

Pay day! pic.twitter.com/rHMOc3gyp8
— Claire Kane (@DTEFitnessIE) January 30, 2015

Source: Claire Kane/Twitter

Finally 😀😀 #payday
— Megan Redmond (@_MeganRedmond_) January 29, 2015

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There’s the planning, and hoping, and the dreaming

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Before a healthy dose of reality

Payday today!!! For one whole week I'll be like this then is back to spam sandwiches and baked beans pic.twitter.com/jsTaQU2C82
— Colm Hanley (@chanley_) January 27, 2015

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Bring on February payday.

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The 8 emotions of the first payday after Christmas