hmm... depends on how much you've mined. got ~1k each of both last shifts by throwing my aux 6x750 rig some couple hours every other now and then over the last few days... however, multipools are just a nice convenient thing. you might make better deals when you cherry pick coins and trade them yourself to buy a bag of balls...or you let the pool do the job...
that previous shift was a little long so I as well became cautious but remember... holidays  

btw. one has to witness the moment when those bucks go staking, what a drop ...
after that very moment it all so clear why they're called