Sell All Feature

I received this letter in the mail from Mom, who just got back from a trip to a hot spring for some alone time with Dad. She said they came back feeling like newlyweds, which is getting into “too much information” territory.

My dear Jeff, I tell you, sometimes, when your father and I get too stressed out, we just head to a hot spring for some time by ourselves. We come back feeling like newlyweds! -Your squeaky-clean mom
She attached a cherry to the letter.

I also got a letter from Huggy, who has moved out of town since last time.

Jeff! I awoke the other day with the wanderlust, so I just up and left. Wild, huh? On the road, destination unknown! Anyway, thanks for dealing with my craziness! Cheery-bye! -Huggy

Nearby, I ran into Candi, who wished me a great morning (not a good morning). But she seemed a bit confused about where she was.

Candi: Great morning to you! I was just thinking that it was about time you showed up at my door.
I’m not at your door. And this is not your house.

When I played last month, I must’ve missed speaking with Static somehow. Because today, he let me know that he hasn’t seen me in two months…and he wasn’t happy about it. 😆

Static: You haven't been doing fun things behind my back, have you, bzzzt?
You clearly haven’t been pulling weeds behind my back. Or yours.

Belle echoed a similar sentiment, even though I did speak with her last month. She’s afraid I’ll take her for granted.

Belle: You know? Not saying hello, not writing letters... It all starts totally slowly, cuddles.

Joan was in town to sell turnips, since it was a Sunday morning. I wasn’t interested in buying any, but I did stop to say hello.

Joan: Oh, that's a shame, kiddo. You'll never make the big bells if you don't play the stalk market! Maybe next time.

Ursala told me that she wants to dress up and flit around town like a butterfly! She was being more weird than rude, for a change. 😆

Ursala: I know it's weird to compare myself to an insect, but I really share many traits with a swallowtail butterfly.
Next, you’ll say you have the voice of a mermaid.

Not far from the post office, I found my newest neighbor (and Huggy’s replacement). It’s Winnie the horse, who lived in Forest previously back in 2011. Welcome back, Winnie!

Welcome to the neigh-borhood.
(Sorry.)

She has the lovely furniture set in her house. I don’t know what I was expecting to find in her house, a ranch maybe? 😆

After circling around town, I picked some apples and went to the shop to sell them. One feature that never gets talked about in this game is the “sell all” option. If you have multiples of the same fruit, you don’t have to select every single one of them. You can just select one and then choose to sell them all.

Tom Nook: You wish to sell an apple, hm? You have 6. You'd like to sell them all? >All.

Admittedly, the usefulness is limited, since we typically will have a variety of things to sell at the shop. (And it only saves a couple seconds anyway.) But it does come in handy if you’re harvesting a lot of fruit, such as when you’re saving up to pay off your debt.

That’s all for this month, but I’ll be back again in May. Never Stop Crossing! 🙂

The Club Club

I received Leigh’s goodbye letter in the mail today. She has flown the coop in search of a grand adventure at KFC.

To Jeff, I'm leaving town, and I'm not telling anyone where I'm going, but don't you worry! I'm off on a grand adventure that's totally going to rule! Wish me luck in my new life! Don't forget me! -Leigh!

Candi gave me some free slate flooring, but then she accused me of “sniffing” as I accepted the gift. (I never understood this.) So she got mad at me for some reason. But her catchphrase made her anger funny.

Candi: You got it for free! FOR FREE, you big baby! Show some appreciation, push me!

I did push her, but not long enough to make her mad. Well, not any more than she already was, I mean. 😛

Puck said that the weather was so nice today that he wanted to dance the lambada!

Puck: I wanna dance the lambada!

I kinda want to see him do it, though I’m not sure if it would be hilarious or horrifying.

Gracie is due to visit Forest soon, and many of my villagers were already swooning. That includes Belle the cow, who even called Gracie a “fashion goddess.”

Belle: The amazing Gracie! World-class designer! Artist! Model! Fashion goddess!

Just a few steps from Belle, I met my newest neighbor: Huggy the koala. Surprisingly, Huggy has never been mentioned in this blog before. So if she lived here before (and she probably has), it was prior to March 2011.

Huggy: Oh, I see! You're another one of my fans, aren't you, bear? It's a CHORE being so darn popular!

Over by the wishing well, Hank and Kody were hanging out together…and wearing matching club shirts. It’s definitely appropriate for March, even if St. Patrick’s Day has passed already.🍀

Hank: Yo! Morning!
Maybe they’re in a club club.

But I accidentally asked Kody for a favor, so I had to fetch his Game Boy from Sydney.

Kody: Sydney borrowed my Game Boy and won't give it back! I oughta give that tool the old BAMA!

It took me a while to find Sydney, but at least she didn’t send me on a wild goose chase once I tracked her down. She gave me the Game Boy right away.

Sydney: OK, here's Kody's Game Boy.

When I took it back to Kody, he rewarded me with a No. 23 shirt. I’d have rather kept the Game Boy for myself. 😉

Are You Ready to Raffle?

On Tuesday, I received a goodbye letter from Monique in the mail. Not to sound harsh, but I’m glad to see her go. 😛

My little Jeff, I can't stand for anyone to see me cry... You must know, that's the only reason I left without saying goodbye. Even now, the tears are... I can't bear it! Farewell! -Yours, Monique

I later met her replacement, Astrid the kangaroo. She previously lived here back in 2012, and I currently have her in my City Folk town as well.

Astrid: Oh, my! Have we met before, my pet? I'm almost positive the answer is no.

She offered to sell me a pear for 1,730 bells, and I declined the offer. She got mad, saying that I’ll never find a single pear around here.

Astrid: You'll never find a single pear around here. I'm going to enjoy eating every delicious one I have!

The funny part is that I literally had a single pear already in my pockets! Tom gave it to me moments earlier. 😆

I visited Baabara, and I tried to help myself to some tea. (In other words, I was messing with her tea set.) 😆 She got mad at me, and she even accused me of pushing her. But I was innocent, honest!

Baabara: Stop it! Stop it! STOP IT! Just keep away from me!

Yesterday, Puck was wondering if I had forgotten his name! (I didn’t.) But he re-introduced himself, and explained that sometimes he forgets his own name. 😛

Puck: Yup, I'm Puck. Listen, this is embarrassing, but I was freaking out... I often forget my own name.

Sydney surprised me by begging me to take her to another town. She really wants to move out of Forest that bad? Sorry, but I’ve sworn off train travel (at least from Forest). With my luck, it’d be Hank that left. I don’t want to go through that again.

Sydney: So, would you please take me to another villager, okey-dokey? Please?

I played again today (February 29th) to see if the game made any mention of Leap Day (or Leap Year in general). I apparently haven’t played on Leap Day since I started this blog, and I didn’t remember if I played on Leap Day 2004 or 2008… but sadly, I saw no mention of the occasion today.

Candi asked me if I’d give her a new catchphrase, and I told her no. So then she forced me to do it! If she’s going to be like that, then she’s not getting a pleasant catchphrase. 😆 So I told her to say “push me.”

Candi: ...That's kinda cool! I'll take that, push me!

And then I did push her. 😉

Nookington’s wasn’t open yet, but the sign on the door said “Are you ready to raffle?” It made me think of the “Let’s get ready to rumble!” guy, Michael Buffer. 😆

Sign on Nookington's door: Are you ready to raffle? It all starts at 10:00 a.m.

Later on, I checked back to see what the raffle prizes were (out of curiosity). I didn’t even have any raffle tickets to redeem.

Tom Nook's raffle prizes for February 2024.

Wendell was in town, but I didn’t have any fish to give him. I guess he’ll starve. 🤷

Wendell: Nuh-NOOOOOOO! World...spinning... Fainting spell...imminent...

That’s all I have for now, but I’ll see you next time. 🙂

Animated GIF of the Tom Nook clock in Nookington's.