Productive- Frugal Sunday

Happy September. I am a lover of all the months- but Fall, in particular, is my favorite. It's not quite Fall yet- but it's coming. Summer was pretty much a hot mess for our finances for a variety of reasons, but September hopefully is bringing calmness and more of a routine.

I love Sundays for many reasons. I got up early this morning with some coffee and time to reflect and pray. Then we all got around and went to Church. Our church starts a "new year" the first Sunday in September so the kiddos all went to a new classroom. They were excited to "move up" and were excited about their new teachers. My husband and I are still in the "30- 40" year old couples class and will be there for a bit longer :)

After church we came home and had a nice lunch.  Sunday's are normally a bit lazy for us and we don't go to town if at all possible.

We will have enough leftovers for dinner tonight.

I also made a big batch of Hurst Bean Soup in my instapot- which I love by the way... and put into small batches that my husband and I will take to work next week and maybe even eat tomorrow for lunch.

I need to do a whole post about this because it is soooooooo yummy and frugal and easy. For real like under $4 for probably 8-10 servings. Many people will spend that or much more on one meal out at lunch at work! So I try to make bean soup pretty often as we all like it.

I also made a batch of no bake oatmeal chocolate cookies and a batch of chocolate chip muffins for snacks, lunches , etc.

I know many people see Sunday as a day of rest- and we do in a sense. We try to chill out, hang out with the family, maybe take a nap etc. I do enjoy cooking though and while many times I do some food prep on Saturdays, sometimes I like to kind of do it on Sundays.

What all have you done today to get you ready for the first full week of  September? Are you looking as forward to Fall as I am?