114 days until departure. 
That may seem like a long time, but hey, considering I have about $5000 to save, I need to wring every single week for spare pennies. Just so we're on the same page here I'll tell you how great at saving I am....not great. Yesterday, for example, I spent $70 on a beautiful new orange, knitted cardigan. I didn't need the cardigan. But it is really beautiful. Actually I am wearing it right now. It's really soft. And colourful. And amazing. I love it. But I didn't need it. But maybe I do? It can get cold in the Indian Himalaya. Sure, I'm going in the middle of Summer (cheapest tickets, oh yeahh). I might get cold without it? I do have other cardigans, but they aren't as beautiful or soft as this new one. It is really very nice. But I didn't need it, despite how hard I try to rationalise my indulgent purchase. And my spending doesn't stop there, no, infact clothes are only a rare indulgent compared to my other fund guzzling activity. 
Breakfast. I love breakfast. Not just any breakfast. Really nice breakfast. Cafe breakfast's. Yeah, breakfast is necessary. Breakfast is delicious. Breakfast can also be a twenty cent piece of toast with a smearing of seven cents worth of jam. I don't really like those breakfasts. I like baked eggs in a rich tomato sauce with mushroom and pecorino cheese and sourdough toast to mop up all the sauces with a soy latte to follow (hey, come on, no judgement, normal milk makes me go to the toilet, and I mean go to the toilet or there'll be an explosion from my pants type sitch).
I have really tried to limit my cafe visits to maybe once a week, which is an improvement from where I was at. But it's so hard. When I'm home eating breakfast that my pappy made (yes, I live at home with ma mamma and ma pappa and ma three siblings....you see now why I'm going to India huh?) I just can't stop thinking about how I could be munging down a delicious fried egg stack with potato terrine, wilted spinach and a cabbage pickle (mmmm). 
Self control. I need self control. I am shithouse at self control. Evidently. But self control is what is needed if I actually want to get to India. I have already bought all my tickets ( for super cheap actually, like really cheap, here let me show you...
I fly out of the Gold Coast, Australia on the 27th June with AirAsia- Arriving in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia- $200 
On June 30 I fly out of Kuala Lumpur with AirAsia and fly into Kolkata- $44
I have booked my ticket home from Kuala Lumpur on the 10th December- $39 to the Gold Coast! Yeah, you heard me $39!)


I have calculated I can live on $20 a day once there, and so essentially don't necessarily need that much money, but, as you may be able to tell, I'll like to indulge occasionally, for example maybe stay in a $15 night hotel instead of a $4 one. So, the challenge is on. Save. Save. Save.


Let's hope I get there.