Let the games begin

Finally today I began shopping for the stuff I needed to buy before I left for Sydney. The list of the things to do had kept on getting longer and I was getting panicky. I am quite a shopaholic and anyone who knows me would vouch for it. I had to try to maintain a clear head and buy everything I may have an impulse of buying before I left India so that I could try to live on a students budget while in Sydney. I bought the bare necessities like undies, suitcase, bag, toiletries etc. The only things that I bought which weren't a part of the shopping list are the belt and the two pashmina shawls (that I plan to wear as scarfs). But half way through the shopping I ran out of money so had to return home.
There are still somethings left to buy but I am glad that I have made a start. I know that the list is not gonna end until I board the plane and that I would also need to strike a balance between the things I wanna take and the baggage allowance by the airlines. Hope I am able to keep things under control. I still have no place to dump all this junk into when I reach Sydney. Have had no luck with finding a place to stay :-( and now I am starting to get worried.