At £6 an hour as a working mum I find a cleaner a necessity rather than a luxury. i am in no way well off but would rather go without new boots and clothes each month or whatever than loose my cleaner.
I sit Lottie in the kitchen with toys and books and dance and act mad with her while I get evening meal organised.
Do food shopping in my lunch hour.
When i put her in her pj's I get tomorrows outfit out and ready.
While I'm waitng for dinner to cook or inbetwwen stirring things etc i get Lotties lunch and tea organised and put all togerther with deserts etc in fridge and put dry food / snaks in her lunch bag.
I don't do ironing, noone does, if it needs ironing it doesn't really get worn and then I'll leave a pile for the cleaner!
I don't waer make-up and I have breakfast at work.
Sometimes I get her breakfast stuff laid out as much as poss the night before.
I do what Becca does re food and shopping, write whatr we're having every night and then prepare shopping list and get it done over weekend or Monday lunchtime.
Basically every morning and for first part of getting home I do a good impression of a tornado but it's fine and works well and I spend from about 8.30 until 12 dpoing nothing but chilling out and drinking wine