Popular Pond Smelt

Late last night, I made a new snowman and he rolled a #33 for me. That gave me a bingo! The snowman gave me a bobsled in exchange for my bingo card.

Snowman: BINGOOOOO!Today, Dizzy asked me to catch a pond smelt for him.

Dizzy: What do you say to catching a pond smelt for me, Jeff?I also stopped in Drago’s house, and he asked me to take something back to Dizzy. But I couldn’t stop thinking that Drago has a lot of furniture in his house. It’s really crowded in there!

Drago: Oh, and could you please take care of this today?Outside, I did some fishing and caught a pond smelt. But before I could get back to Dizzy, Kabuki asked me for the fish!

Kabuki: You're into the fine art of the pond smelt too?!He wanted to give me a reel-to-reel for it. Actually a piece of furniture for a cheap fish isn’t a bad trade, but I was feeling lazy and didn’t want to go searching for another pond smelt, so I told him no. Fortunately, Kabuki was very understanding.

Kabuki: But it's cool! We're still buds. Looks like I'll just have to work for my treasures.I went down to the beach, and I found Gulliver washed up on the beach. After waking him up, he was talking about explorers. I figured that he was headed to Portugal, and he’s going to send me a gift from there tomorrow.

Gulliver: To a sailor like me, it's like a pilgrimage to visit there!After that, I finally returned to Dizzy’s house. When I gave him the pond smelt, he thanked me with a drip pail. I also gave him the package from Drago, which turned out to be a red flannel shirt. I must’ve looked hungry, because he gave me an apple as my reward.

Dizzy: You must be hungry, right? Then here, have an apple!Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Samus from Freetown was my most recent dream visitor. In the Happy Homes Showcase, I got a red bunny balloon from someone I StreetPassed (Jimmy from Whoville). And when I put my money into my bank account at the post office, my balance reached 34 million bells.

Your current balance is 34,040,000 bells.

Ding at Last

The other night, Meli came over to get bingo number #15 from one of my snowmen. That gave her a bingo, and she got the last piece of the set that she needed. Congrats, Meli! I just looked on in approval. (You can see it in my face).

Meli celebrates a snowman bingo.Last night, Aurora approached me, saying she remembered I wanted a portable toilet. That was true, but I already went.

Aurora: Oh! I seem to recall you saying you wanted a portable toilet!Kabuki asked me to make a delivery to Dizzy, and it turned out to be this candy gingham shirt.

Dizzy: What do you think? Do I look good or what?Dizzy gave me a barber’s pole to thank me.

When I updated my dream town, Luna told me that Diana from Raimon was my most recent dream visitor.

I rolled together today’s snowballs and built a new snowman.

My snowman rolling his eyes.He rolled his eyes and gave me a bingo number of 45. It’s a number that I needed, and it gave me a ding. So now I’m just one number away from a bingo.

Snowman: DING!Rolf told me that there was going to be an aurora in the sky tonight. There was no sign of it at the time, but I kept checking back throughout the night. At 11 p.m., it started to appear.

The northern lights start to appear.It seemed to peak around 11:15. With just a few weeks of winter left, we probably won’t be seeing too many more of these for a while.

The northern lights at peak brightness.

Red Ogre Mask DLC

When I went to see Sprinkle today, I saw that Dizzy was also visiting her. I’m not sure what a penguin and elephant could have in common, but it’s nice to see Sprinkle actually has a friend, I guess.

Sprinkle: Welcome! Dizzy just got here too, tiger!There was an igloo at the campsite, and I found Bella the mouse inside. Unlike Wednesday, I didn’t mind having a full town today since I have no interest in inviting Bella to move in anyway.

Bella: Hi there! I'm so excited to experience one of Forest's famous winters!After updating my dream town, Luna told me that Jared from Kyoto was my most recent dream visitor.

Later on, I found the northern lights up in the sky.

The northern lights above the cedar trees in Forest.And I was able to pick up the Nintendo Zone DLC, the red ogre mask.

Trying on the red ogre mask.
The service here makes me red in the face!

Hint: If you’re unable to get to a Nintendo Zone location (and you’re in America), you might be able to get it by changing the SSID of your router to “attwifi” (without the quotes) and then talking to Pelly or Phyllis at the post office. But be sure to change your router settings back when you’re done! And it may not work for everyone, so don’t shoot the messenger if it doesn’t work for you. 😛

Wearing the ogre mask made me fit in with Main Street animals like Canberra and Tabby.

Canberra and Tabby on Main Street.
I’m one of you now!

When I returned to town, Big Top told me he was going to move out on February 11th.

Big Top: I wanna have adventures too, or at least ONE adventure. So I've decided to move someplace new!Of course I quickly changed his mind for him.

When I went over by Re-Tail, I found that Resetti’s manhole had opened up.

An open manhole marks the entrance to the Reset Center.Resetti wasn’t home though, and Don didn’t have much to say. I guess there’s not really much point in me coming down here any more since I have both of their pictures now.

Don: Be careful on your way out.I made a new bingo snowman, and he rolled a #23. My previous snowman rolled a #15. Neither number was much help, as I’m still dingless.

Snowman: The way to bingo must be traversed steadily, one step at a time.Before I ended my game for the night, I went to the Emporium to check my catalog. I found that the red ogre mask can not be ordered again, unfortunately.

Red ogre mask - Not for sale.Have a great weekend, everyone! 🙂