“The List” for Friday: work, cake sale, chat with Sarah Jessica Parker

So, it's just another Friday evening. I got the train home early, stopped by Tesco to pick up something for the school cake sale, popped a pizza in the oven for the girls' tea and spoke with Sarah Jessica Parker for a half hour!

BritMums were supposed to talk with Sarah Jessica last week, when she was here for the press junket for her new film, I Don't Know How She Does It. But I guess with her appearance on Jonathan Ross and trying Scotch Eggs and learning to correctly pronounce McVities, we got bumped. Our PR contact said she really wanted to speak with mums, and the interview would happen, but I had my doubts. Why would a celeb mum, who is rumoured to have a zillion nannies, want to speak to us everyday mums who are mucking our way through life?

Celeb or no celeb, what quickly became apparent is that women struggle with wanting to have it all. It is no different with Sarah Jessica. We chatted about all kinds of stuff: Making time for "dates" with our husbands, balancing work and kids, not wanting to be away from our little ones for too long, settling kids into preschool, babysitters, cheating on bake sales.

After a while I felt like I was just speaking to another working mum who was trying to do it all. Thankful that we have the opportunity. Slightly dizzy from being pulled in a million different directions. Loving every minute of it, even when we get it completely wrong.

You rock Sarah Jessica, for being a mum, for trying to have it all, for admitting you are not perfect and for taking the time to chat with five BritMums on the release day of your new film.