World's Largest Maple Syrup Festival

So today I went to Elmira's (the town Julia goes to school in) Maple Syrup Festival.

Fun Fact: "Elmira Maple Syrup Festival is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Largest Single Day Maple Syrup Festival!"

Over 60,000 people come to this Festival!!!  (Elmira's population is less than 12,000 people).   I came about mid-day planning about a half an hour to find a parking spot - it was needed.  As I drove into Elmira, I realized that most parking lots were charging about $5 for all-day-parking.  I had not budgeted for this so I continued to drive all around looking for a spot to park for fee to no avail.  after about 20 or so minutes I decided to drive over to another area of the town.  It then hit me, I should be asking God for help, If God isn't with me, how can I ever do anything on my own?  So I asked God to guide me to an open spot within walking distance of the festival.  I asked Him to show me where I could and couldn't park.  Within less than a minute there before me was, on the side of the road, room for two cars wide open just a few blocks away from the festival.  People who looked like they were looking for a spot kept driving by searching and searching. It was as though God blinded their eyes from this spot.  As soon as I pulled into the front half of the spot the second half was almost immediately filled.  It was as though God was saving this spot just for me - Thank you Lord!!!!!  

I spent only about an hour there, walking around looking at all the food and stuff. I had been told that I have to try their pancakes.  They taste test all the maple syrups around and judge which one is best.  Whoever has the best syrup, the festival buys a hundred-plus-some gallons of their syrup for the festival, plus they get the first, front-most booth and bragging rights.  I have to say, it was good syrup.  I also got some really good fudge.  

Later on this afternoon, I was at Walmart to get supplies for Fruit Salsa that I plan on taking to two different "event" things this coming week.  The problem was I only had $13 (CAD) in my budget to get enough supplies for both "events".   After figuring out the lower cost items, the total came out to be $24.  I thought to myself, I will just use some of my other spending money (from another part of my budget) to cover the extra costs.  Then I decided that didn't help me at all if I want to learn how to stay on a budget.  So I figured that If I wanted to make this specific dish, I had to find a way to fit it within my budget (which was a good thing too, since I later checked and I only had $12.45 with me).  It took me about an hour, but with God's help I was able to take $10 off the total cost.  However, even though the total was now only $14, I only had $12.45 on me.  Upon asking God again for help, I felt Him saying, "hey, you don't have to shop at Walmart. Go find another store, see if they are cheaper."   So I went out to my car, and for what ever reason (I don't remember) I just happened to look in my glove box.  And it was a good thing to, there I found some change.  From time to time I will place loose change here and there in hopes that I will forget about it and it will be of great use at times when I think I am out of money.   So I looked through out my car, and what do you know, I found $10.80 in change.   So I went back into Walmart and bought the supplies which turned out to be less than $14, and returned home.  Thank you God once again!