What does your morning routine consist of and how long does it take?

[Peepa]

Mine goes like this:

Wake up
Move feet around to figure out where Petrie is
Shower
Turn on tv and listen to news while getting ready which may or may not consist of putting on makeup or even blowdrying hair but I do put on a serum for flyaways
Straighten up comforter
Put on Petrie''s collar because we take it off at night
Put vitamins in pocket to take at work, check stove, make sure closets are closed or else Petrie will get in, check doors
Off I go

This isn''t an exact schedule but that''s pretty much what I do each morning. All of this take anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes.

What about you? How long do you take to put on make up? Hair?
Have an actual breakfast or just something to go?

 

[Lauren8211]

I typically shower the night before. I roll out of bed about 10 minutes before I have to leave, put my hair in a ponytail, don't put on make up, get dressed and I'm out the door.

Again, usually together and out the door in 10 minutes. I like sleep too much to care about hair or make up.

 

[Sabine]

I leave exactly an hour after my alarm wakes me up. I shower, get dressed and put in contacts, dry my hair (now that it''s short, before I would just dry the front and clip it back), put on makeup and straighten my hair (takes about 10 minutes), eat cereal, watch 5 minutes of the news and check ps, take the dog out, then put her in her crate, pack up my work stuff, and leave.

 

[oshinbreez]

Wake up around 5:30 and turn on tv as I shut off alarm. Feed cats. Grab a cup of coffee and feed dogs and love on them a few minutes. Get another cup of coffee, feed & water birds, then check email. Get another cup of coffee and jump in the shower. Get dressed and leave by 6:45.

 

[Rhea]

Wake up - 6:30am

Bathroom
Turn on coffee maker
Eat breakfast, usually ceral with banana in it
Play with cat for a few minutes
Shower
Dress, in stages putting on jewellery and running the coffee maker between
Shout at DH to open some windows and quit trying to make the coffee (my chore) and do his instead (feed the cat)
Gel in hair
Grab coffee, grab bag, shoes at the bottom of the stairs
Forget something, run back upstairs. Repeat as often as necessary.

leave - aimming for 7:15-7:20am, but can easily be 7:30am if DH and I try to do each other''s chores and get confused as to what''s been done

 

[aprilcait]

I shower, make lunches, fill water bottles, and set out my outfit the night before. So, this is what I do in the morning:

I wake up at 6:33am (technically it''s supposed to be 6:35am but I''m odd and I really **hate** waking up to an alarm so my body programmed itself to wake up early.) Then it''s bathroom, make-up, throw my hair up into a half-bun thing, style my bangs (I have side-swept bangs, so they''re pretty easy), brush my teeth, and throw on my clothes. Next, I head to the kitchen and put DH''s water bottles into the freezer to chill (he has 1 biking water bottle since he bikes to work, and 1 water bottle for the office). I grab my lunch and water bottle, get my keys, work bag, and any mail that needs to go in the mailbox, then off I go. I''m usually in my car a little before 7:00am.

 

[Aloros]

I shower the night before.

Wake up at 6:45-7:00AM
-get dressed
-feed the cat
-clean up after the puppy and let her out for her morning antics
-start or finish cooking breakfast (depends on when fi wakes up)
-feed the puppy
-empty the litterbox
-brush teeth
-straighten hair
-put together lunch
-put puppy back in pen
-out the door!

I bicycle to work and leave at around 7:25AM.

 

[absolut_blonde]

I go to the gym after work, so I generally shower in the evenings.

So my mornings are usually like this:
- Alarm goes off around 7am, SO gets up to shower
- Snooze til SO gets out of the shower, realize I have to get up
- Brush teeth, wash face
- SO goes out to get Tim Horton''s

for both of us while I make our lunches
- Do makeup and hair, throw together an outfit (office is not super dressy nor trendy so I don''t give this much thought most days)
- Gather lunch, purse, gym bag & out the door just before 8

 

[Peepa]

Date: 8/18/2008 3:12:29 PM
Author: oshinbreez
Wake up around 5:30 and turn on tv as I shut off alarm. Feed cats. Grab a cup of coffee and feed dogs and love on them a few minutes. Get another cup of coffee, feed & water birds, then check email. Get another cup of coffee and jump in the shower. Get dressed and leave by 6:45.

Oh my! 3 cups of coffee before 6:45? I thought I was bad with 3 cups before 5. Now I don''t feel so bad. Speaking of, I''m going to get my last cup right now.

 

[angel_nieves]

6:30 am
Wake up and brush teeth
Go jogging with dog
7:00am
Make breakfast for hubby son and I
(Hubby has the chore of dressing and getting our son up)
7:15
Shower and put make up on, fix hair and dress for the morning
7:25
Put dog in pin and take son to school
8:00
Come home and wish I was at work!!!!

Also I am very anal-retentive about time schedules

 

[Sha]

Wake up - temp (try not get disturbed by DH while doing this)
Wake up DH
Make some cereal and tea (my favourite breakfast foods)
Wake up DH again (firmly! this time)
Check Pricescope and email while eating breakfast

Iron clothes
Bathe/fix hair
Dress
Say bye to DH

 

[oshinbreez]

Date: 8/18/2008 5:18:51 PM
Author: Peepa

Date: 8/18/2008 3:12:29 PM

Author: oshinbreez

Wake up around 5:30 and turn on tv as I shut off alarm. Feed cats. Grab a cup of coffee and feed dogs and love on them a few minutes. Get another cup of coffee, feed & water birds, then check email. Get another cup of coffee and jump in the shower. Get dressed and leave by 6:45.

Oh my! 3 cups of coffee before 6:45? I thought I was bad with 3 cups before 5. Now I don''t feel so bad. Speaking of, I''m going to get my last cup right now.

lol....I''m NOT a morning person....lol

 

[Anna0499]

Wake up to first alarm, turn it off.
Wake up to second alarm, get out of bed very, very slowly.
Turn on the radio in my bathroom.
Brush my teeth.
Shower if I didn''t the night before.
Wash my face.
Put on moisturizer/make-up.
Put on body lotion.
Dry/style my hair.
Change clothes.
Turn on the security system.
Head out the door.

This usually all takes at least an hour, mostly because of my hair. I know breakfast needs to be added in there somewhere, but lately I have been slacking in that department.

 

[snlee]

I only need about 10-15 minutes to get ready. I much rather sleep in a few more minutes. Here's my morning routine - Get up, bathroom, wash hands, brush teeth, wash face, apply SPF lotion to face, brush hair, apply deodorant, get dressed, get a quick breakfast, then I'm out the door!

 

[Pandora II]

Here goes:

- Howl at the unfairness of it being morning and check the alarm-clock in case by some miracle it''s still sleeping time.
- Take shower
- Towel dry hair
- Shove on some Oil of Olay Regenerist Serum and sunscreen (always)
- Get dressed
- brush wet hair and put hair in ponytail (still wet)
- slap some make-up on

Out the door - pick up can of diet Red Bull enroute...

30 minutes normally does it, but can do in 15-20 if necessary...

 

[Haven]

5:00 AM - Wake up
5:05 to 5:30 - Walk and feed Bailee (dog)
5:30 to 6:15 - Shower, hair, makeup
6:20 - Out the door!
7 AM - At work.

So, It takes me about 45 minutes to get myself ready. I have loads of respect for parents who have to get their children ready in the morning, I can barely get myself ready!

 

[~*Snow*~]

6:45 Alarm goes off, hit snooze
6:54 Alarm goes off, hit snooze
7:03 Alarm goes off, hit snooze
7:12 Alarm goes off, pull myself out of bed
7:15 shower
7:30-7:45 Hair make up
7:45-7:50 Figure out what to wear
7:50-800 make a lunch
8:01 run out the door because i''m going ot be late...

Clearly not a morning person

... some days i''ll skip the shower and continue snooz-ing until 7:45...
Maybe I should start drinking caffeine.....

 

[dragonfly411]

Oooo this is a fun one.

I wake up and immediately brush my teeth.
run outside and feed up
Stop to smell any roses open on the way back in
make SO breakfast while he''s dressing
get his lunch ready
have a small glass of grapefruit juice
get him out door
run back and let horses out
come in work out b/t 7 and 8
make breakfast
sit at computer while eating breakfast, check emails and what not
get in shower by 8:45-8:50
dressed by 9:25
out door by 9:30

 

[GoingCrazy29]

I shower at night because I am NOT a morning person...

7:04- hit snooze on radio alarm and begin morning spoon with SO
7:12- hit snooze on radio alarm again
7:19- hit snooze on radio alarm for 3rd time
7:26- hit snooze on buzzing alarm
7:32- get up and stumble to bathroom
7:35- lotion face with spf lotion/moisturizer, put on deodorant, brush teeth, put on makeup, either curl hair under a little or pull back in ponytail with headband.
7:42- get dressed (casual work place, so I just put on my jeans and a shirt)
7:47- grab lunch and granola bar and head out the door!

My SO HATES my problem with snoozing, but I can''t get up on the first (or 2nd, or 3rd) try! I set them early so I can hit snooze and enjoy cuddling while being in half sleep mode! Morning cuddles are my very favorite

 

[allikatac]

Interesting topic! I always wonder what others get done in the morning. I can''t seem to get too motivated in the morning so I take a shower the night before and and try to pack my lunch.

I get up at 5:30
Bathroom
Breakfast and use computer for 30 minutes!

Lay in bed again
Make-up and hair while watching the news
Lay in bed some more
Get dressed
Grab lunch and leave at 6:45 to be at work for 8

I obviously waste too much time. I could get up at 6:15, but then I don''t have time to goof off

 

[princesss]

7:00 alarm goes off. Hit snooze.
7:05 snooze
7:10 reset
7:25 get out of bed
7:28 get in shower
7:37 get out of shower
run around freaking out and somehow manage to get lunch made, hair done, make-up applied, gym bag packed, purse grabbed, keys and get out the door by 8:00. 8:05 at the latest. Get to my desk at 8:29. Computer is on by 8:30 and I''m ready to work!

 

[pennquaker09]

I was up at 5:00 with Nate and while he is taking his shower and getting ready, I change and the twins some sometimes, I feed them. They usually go back to sleep after I change them, but sometimes they''ll stay up. After changing the twins, I get all of Nate;''s stuff together and I make him some kind of breakfast.

By 6:30, Nate is usually on his way to the city, and I get back in the bed. I sleep for maybe an hour and a half, and if the stars align 2. I immediately make bottles and run a cycle of bottles in the dishwasher. Usually the twins wake up by the time I''m finished and I get them up, change them again and feed them. Normally, around 9, I''m getting in the shower. However, on Monday and Wednesday, my SIL comes over at 7:00 and I go to the gym.