Winter Time Again

Winter has arrived in the world of Animal Crossing, and snow now covers the grass and trees around town. But dirt patches stay dirty, and there seems to be a lot of them in Wild World.

Crazy Redd was in town, but I didn’t need the strange painting he was selling. And I never buy any of his other non-art stuff, so I just left his tent without paying rent.

When I spoke with Big Top, he wondered if his clothes felt too much like early springtime. And then he started talking about milk tea, and I didn’t know how to respond.

Big Top: To me, early spring tastes just like milk tea, baconballs!

I spoke with Kiki, and she told me she likes to stand there and look up at the clouds. That sounds nice and all, but the problem is that she was indoors when she said it! If she’s seeing clouds inside her house, that’s probably not a good thing!


Kiki: Sometimes, I just like to stand here and stare up into the clouds.

Rosie asked me for a new greeting, and I was kinda feeling down, so I told her to say “Oh joy, it’s you.” It’s meant to sound sarcastic, but when Rosie repeated it, I’m not sure if the sarcasm came across well. Rosie is just too cheery, so it sounds like something she would legitimately say. 😛


Rosie: Oh joy, it's you!

The snow on the ground makes it easy to find all of the buried items, so I found all three of today’s fossils and had Blathers identify them. I sold them, along with some other stuff, and then headed over to town hall. I deposited 100,000 bells into my savings account before ending my game for the night.

40 Bells

I received two letters in the mail today. One was from Crazy Redd, telling me this week’s password (“what’d you miss”), and the other was my monthly bank statement. I earned 40 bells of interest on my balance this month.

Dear Jeff, Thank you for using your post office bank account. You earned 40 bells for 30 days of interest! -Postal division, town hall
wow thank u so much

I headed over to Crazy Redd’s tent, and I saw that he had a rare painting for sale. For once, I think the word rare actually applied, because I believe this is the first time I’ve seen the rare painting in this game!

Redd: A rare painting! Cousin, you've got incredible taste! Ol' Redd is in awe!

I bought it and rushed over to the museum to donate it. But Blathers quickly dashed my hopes and dreams. It was a fake!

Blathers: Hoo now? This painting... Upon closer inspection, it is a COUNTERFEIT!

I visited Margie, and she asked me for some new clothes. I usually don’t bother buying clothes for animals, but since I already had a crewel shirt in my pockets, I gave it to her. She seemed to like it, and she rewarded me with a heart hairpin.

Margie: Here you go. As promised, a heart hairpin. Just for you, silly.

Rosie was about to move out of town, but I got her to reconsider.

It was snowing in town, so I didn’t need to water any of my many wilted flowers. I did a little fishing, found all three of today’s fossils, and then headed home for the night.

Blue, Achoo, & A Stinky Dude

Shortly after starting up my game tonight, I ran into Curly. He asked me to make a delivery to Big Top, and I agreed to help out. I found Big Top just a few steps away; I gave him the present, which turned out to be a burglar’s shirt! He loved it…and now I’m going to have start locking my door.

Big Top: ...Oh, wow! A burglar's shirt! I've always wanted one!

When I returned to Curly, he told me to hold my hand out, and he dropped a concrete wall into my open hand. Ow.

Crazy Redd had a basic painting for sale, but basically, I didn’t need it.

Rosie reminded me of something from last week that I didn’t mention in the blog. She had asked to visit my house, and I said yes (in the hopes that she would come right away). But no, she insisted on a later time, and I didn’t plan on playing that long…since it was already quite late to begin with. There was no way to cancel, so I just told her a phony time to meet.

So tonight, she was not happy that I didn’t meet up with her. She asked if I went on a date or something instead.

Rosie: What happened? Did you go on a DATE or something, silly?

She said if that was the case (which it wasn’t), I should have invited her too. Except she didn’t have anyone to go with, except maybe “stupid old” Curly. Yeah, I’m sure calling him stupid and old would convince him.

Rosie: But I don't have anyone to ask, silly... Except stupid old Curly...

The whole situation left her feeling blue.

Rosie: Even the peppiest of people feel blue sometimes. It's a sad fact of life.

I went back outside, and Jeremiah promptly sneezed on me (after telling me he wanted to smell all the flowers).

Jeremiah: Hah-CHOO!!! Oh, dude! I sneezed all over you! I'm sorry! It wasn't on purpose!

When I went by his house, I think I saw the reason he was talking about flowers. He apparently planted a bunch of them around his house! These were not here last week.

Flowers around Jeremiah's house in Animal Crossing: Wild World.

I ran into Gaston, and he asked if he smelled funky. I said yes, and he said it was the scent of a dude. He seemed pretty proud of his stench.

Gaston: And when you get a good stink on, you are at one with the cosmos!

He then gave me a crewel shirt, as if I answered his question correctly. 😀

Kiki asked me to deliver a letter to Rosie, and I told her I was up to the challenge. Rosie enjoyed the letter, and she even showed it to me.

Hi there, Rosie, We just saw each other but how are you doing? When you feel sad, rock out to metal! I feel chatty! -Kiki

Kiki gave me a regal table for completing the task.