In a perfect world I would make all my cake/brownie mixes but working 32 hours a week and being a mom to very active almost two year old I find myself using pre-made mixes more and more.
I do take a page from my Mom, who doesn't enjoy baking like I do and always uses box mixes. She always add a few extra ingredients to the mixes and everyone raves about her cakes.
But I do love baking, the last thing I made from scratch was some vanilla cupcakes w/super shock pink icing