Jeff's ACCF Blog

Ever since 2012, when Nintendo released the creepy furniture set as DLC (two items per month in the latter half of the year), I’ve had those items displayed in my upstairs room. Today, I finally redecorated that room. I installed the Pavé set, which I got out of storage so that I could take a screenshot for my upcoming Festivale guide.

That’s how the room currently looks, although the picture in my guide will be slightly different: It won’t include the clock, which was DLC, and not an item earned during Festivale.

Roscoe asked me to play a wilderness survival game, which was really hide-and-seek. He gave me ten minutes to find him and the penguins (Boomer and Hopper). It didn’t take me long to find Boomer, who was unsuccessfully trying to hide behind a sign post. 😛

A minute later, I found Roscoe behind a tree. And shortly after that, with eight minutes remaining on the timer, I spotted Hopper behind Lobo’s house.

It was a pretty easy win, and Roscoe gave me a broken post for winning. Why can’t I get a prize that isn’t already broken, though? 😉

Saharah was in town (on hump day), and she was searching for some old wallpaper.

I asked around, and only two villagers helped me out: Tom and Queenie. But I couldn’t ask Grizzly if he had any wallpaper, because he was locked out of his house. Until I found his key, that is. (Fortunately, it only took me two attempts.)

I returned it to Grizzly, and he called me the master of searching. Just like he’s the master of “eating a whole oatmeal?” I don’t think that’s the right way to say that… 😛

He rewarded me with a tall buzzoid, but unfortunately, he didn’t have any old wallpaper to give me. And I didn’t have any in storage, so I was unable to redeem the two I got. I’ll save them for next time.

Anyway, my monthly bank account interest pushed my total savings balance over 54 million bells.

See you all next time! 🙂

Today is Festivale, and I made my way over to town hall to speak with Pavé the dancing peacock. Viva Festivale!

Fortunately, I remembered to wear a costume (a matching “look” like you’d wear on Halloween) to score some free candy from each of the outdoor villagers. Of course it only works one time per villager, but it helps.

The object is to give Pavé three pieces of candy (of whichever color he asks for) to receive a piece of Pavé furniture. The furniture sells for 12,000 bells apiece (except for the floor and wall, which are only worth 1,800), so it can be a lucrative event. The problem is that it takes a lot of candy, in a variety of colors. If you have some leftover candy from Halloween (or last Bunny Day), like I did, that gives you a big head start!

For my first run, Pavé wanted blue candy. Once I gathered up three of them, he gave me a Pavé bed in return.

But once you run out of leftover candy or free costume candy, you need to play mini-games with villagers to earn more. Unfortunately, each game is a gamble. You earn candy if you win, but you lose candy (or 500 bells) if you lose. So it’s helpful to leave your candy on the ground (or attached to a letter) so you don’t lose progress. In this case, Boomer took 500 bells from me because I’m not psychic. 😆

Other mini-games include guessing heads-or-tails, playing rock-paper-scissors, or battling out a game of “mouth soccer,” which boils down to choosing left or right in a series of exchanges.

Note: You can’t play mini-games if your pockets are full, since you’d have no place to put the candy. 😛

I saw a new house in the spot where Gaston recently vacated, and I was surprised at what I found inside: A villager that wasn’t cranky! Even better, it was Antonio the anteater!

Antonio lived in Forest years ago. In fact he lived here back in 2011, when I first started this blog. He was Bob’s next door neighbor at the time, which gives me hope that Bob himself could return any month now. But for now, I’m very happy to have Antonio around again. 🙂

Antonio is a jock, by the way, which makes him the first non-cranky villager to move in since last June! That was eight months ago, when Boomer the lazy penguin arrived.

Anyway, I continued playing games and taking candy to Pavé. But I eventually used up all of my blue and red candy, and by then, I was tired of playing mini-games. So when Pavé asked for red candy again, I decided to stop. With no color trading like later games, and no saving/quitting to change his desired color like in New Leaf, I wrapped up my day…even though I had tons of green and yellow candy remaining.

But I was able to sell my eight items (six pieces of furniture and two carpets) for a total of 75,600 bells. Not bad.

I hope you all had a good day, and enjoyed the event (if you participated). See you next time! Viva Festivale!

The snowman I built last week sent me a snowman chair in the mail. ☃️

But the snow on the ground will be gone in just a week. So I decided to buy this grass shirt at Able Sisters to celebrate the imminent return of green grass.

Fortunately, I remembered to put my New Year’s shirt in my house. I’m always afraid I’m going to sell it accidentally, like I apparently did with the first one in 2009.

Harry asked me to deliver a gift to Tom, and I agreed to help out.

The item turned out to be some palace tile (flooring), and Tom appreciated it. When I returned to Harry and told him the news, he rewarded me with some kitchen flooring. Why is he giving away so much flooring?

Later on tonight, the northern lights appeared in town. I normally seem to pose for aurora photos on a bridge or near a waterfall, but I decided to do something a bit different this time. I took photos near Nook ‘n’ Go and the museum.

The lights are pretty, and this might be my last time seeing them for the season.

But while I was at the museum, I also dropped in for K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show. I asked for a random song, and he performed K.K. Blues for me (and Hopper).

Note: Gaston’s replacement has not moved in yet.

Festivale is coming up on Monday! Do you plan on participating? I’m not sure if I will or not, but I’m considering it.