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I rushed out the door with Mum on my trail and five suitcases cramped between my arms. One for me, Dad, Mum, Bella and Martin. I loaded the bags into the boot as I heard the of the locking door. Mum skittered down the lawn and landed herself in the driver seat.

Dad didn care. He just shrugged in front of his Daily Paper, not realising that Mum wanted him to do it for her. She sighed, muttering that Dad was useless.

I slid into the back seat, with Bella, applying lipstick and Martin, jerking around enthusiastically whilst playing on his Nintendo. I sighed now, thinking that the only normal person in the family was me. I closed my eyes, trying to fall asleep. This was going to be a long drive indeed.

I was awoken by screaming between my two younger siblings.

Where are we going? Martin screeched.

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Mornings are stressful. It's difficult to ease out of an eight-hour stretch of sleep in a warm bed into a jam-packed day of work, errands and more. Add kids to the mix and you've really got your hands full, because not only do you need to get yourself fed and dressed, you also have little people who need help with just about everything.

The key is to start planning the night before. Here, we've got four tips that are guaranteed to let you hit that snooze button just one more time in the morning.

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If it wasn't for the stylish Princess Diana who jettisoned the Royal family from superdowdy to the top of every Best Dressed list in the world, Kate Middleton would never have had the freedom to chose a designer as creative and adventurous as Sarah Burton, the lead designer for Alexander McQueen.

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