I've had an alarm on my phone for the past few months, and I haven't missed them going up, but the problem for me has been that I wanted a six-month sub, and the one time that was available, it sold out while I was checking out. But October will be a doesn't-matter-how-many-months-as-long-as-I-get-one month, so I just have to make sure I jump on the site right when they go live. I'm always at work when that happens, but I happen to have the sort of job (data entry, desk-centric, left more or less to my own devices all day) where I can actually "take a break" right when something like this happens, especially when I know in advance.
ETA: Ooh, mine arrived today! *Totally* not expecting it until Tuesday at the earliest! I can't believe how *sparkly* it is. Love it. I'll be saving it for next weekend (Comic Con! I'm not doing cosplay, but I like to have fun new things to wear/use whenever I have An Event to go to like this, and I'm on a no-buy for eyeshadow, so I'm *really* happy to get this right now. Totally appropriate for a con and at just the right time!).