Nan Moves In

The snowboy from yesterday sent me this snowman table in the mail today.

My new snowman table.I built another snowboy, and he was perfect too. So I’ll be getting my next-to-last piece of snowman furniture tomorrow. After that, I went to meet my new neighbor, Nan the goat.

Nan: I just moved here from Waldovia, so I'm still getting my bearings in a new town.She moved in from Waldovia, which is the town of someone I’ve StreetPassed. Due to the unbalanced nature of the StreetPass relay system, it’s from a person I’ve StreetPassed 12 times…but she has apparently only received my Mii twice (because it still asks me to rate her each time).

Anyway, I have updated my map on my town page to reflect Nan’s arrival. She moved into the southern part of town, directly between Teddy’s house and Skye’s house.

As I was watering my flowers, I found a pitfall seed…the hard way. Oops.

Me struggling to get out of a pitfall.Rolf asked me for a new greeting. He likes to think he’s tough, but he’s really a softie inside.

Rolf: So... ROAR! Scare ya?!Up on Main Street, Luna told me that Devonna from Hillvile was my most recent dream visitor. In Club LOL, I asked K.K. for a random song and he played some salsa for me. But it just made me hungry.

K.K.: Enough tuning--let's groove. This next one is for you, Jeff. It's called K.K. Salsa.At GracieGrace, the sale season has begun! I decided I’ll take advantage of the reduced prices to buy the gorgeous furniture set. The only gorgeous item she had today was the sofa, which I bought for 96,000 bells.

Gracie: It's your lucky day! I happen to be throwing a little sale today, so I can part with this for 96,000 bells!After that, I wrapped up my night in Forest. But there is another matter of business for today…the giveaway for the mermaid set!

I took all of the entries from JVGS and Tumblr and pasted them into a spreadsheet. I sorted the entries to check for duplicates, and I ended up with 273 entries. I used random.org to generate a random number, and it gave me #219. Checking my spreadsheet, that means the winner is…. sapphirecrossing!

Congratulations! I will be contacting sapphirecrossing shortly after posting this blog entry. I will post on the blog when the prizes have been delivered. Thanks to all who participated and stay tuned for more giveaways in the future!

***Update: I got in touch with the contest winner, and her character is Cloudie from Celestia. I dropped off the mermaid set at her town tonight.

Dropping off the mermaid set in Cloudie's town of Celestia.

Valentine’s Day

As I started the game up today, Isabelle wished me a happy Valentine’s Day and asked if I got chocolates from anyone special.

Isabelle: It's Valentine's Day! Mr. Mayor, did you get any chocolates from someone special?I checked my mail, and I had three letters waiting for me. One was from Isabelle, who sent me a chocolate cake. Molly sent me a valentine too, with a chocolate heart attached. And I also got a letter from Mom, who said she tried to make homemade chocolate, but it didn’t turn out. So she sent me a cacao tree instead. Here are my three Valentine’s Day gifts.

My Valentine's Day gifts.It was snowing outside, so that provided some relief from having to water my flowers. And I noticed a new house plot! Already?? Nan the goat is moving in tomorrow. Kidd may like her, but I’m not sure if I will.

Sign: This spot reserved for Nan's new home. -Nook's HomesBig Top was enjoying the snow…in more ways than one. He was eating the snowflakes! Hopefully he knows not to eat any yellow snow he may find on the ground.

Big Top: It's fun to catch the falling snow on your tongue! Mmmm! Refreshing!I made a snowboy out of the snow (not the yellow snow) and I made a good one today! So I’ll be getting a new snowman furniture item in the mail tomorrow.

Snowboy: I'M MEEEEE!If I’m not mistaken, I’ll only need two more items after the one I get tomorrow. Until then, I’ve decided to make nothing but snowboys. Unless I make a snowman or snowmam by accident, of course.

I found a lost item on the ground near the event plaza. But half of my villagers were hovering around my central bridge, so I was able to find the item’s owner pretty quickly. It belonged to Teddy. He gave me a stripe wall for returning it to him.

Teddy: Oh, YES! I freaked out when I lost my latest Sweatpants Monthly!At the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Hana from Somewher was my most recent dream visitor. And in Tia’s house, Tia offered me a tea set in a trade! Are…those her kids?

Tia: You could have my tea set in return! How about it? Will you trade?And Tia was also telling me a story about being without napkins. But I kind of got the impression she was talking about toilet paper.

Tia: It was so messy that I wound up using leaves instead... I kind of felt like a wild animal!I opened my gate at 10:00, but nobody came. So I closed up by 10:30. I finished up my night with a nice cup of coffee hot chocolate at the Roost!

It's so sweet!This must be... hot chocolate!Thanks to Brewster for the hot chocolate and thanks to you all for reading. By the way, if you haven’t read my Animal Crossing: New Leaf review, please check it out.

Happy Valentine’s Day and have a great weekend!

Brewster: Coo. Happy... Valentine's Day.

Call Me Mayor

I headed over to Tom’s town, and his snowman gave me a bingo. As usual, Tom starts quoting Rhythm Heaven Fever whenever I get a bingo.

Snowman: BINGOOOOO!  Tom41: Pose for the fans!The snowman gave me a curling stone, which is a duplicate item. That confirms that I’ve received the entire ski set now. Andrew and Noah were also in Tom’s town this afternoon. I was having a bad luck day, so I kept falling on my face. Or into the bulletin board, in this case.

Falling into Tom's bulletin board.After a while, we got disconnected. Back in Forest, Kidd gave me a birdcage for some reason.

Kidd: Hey, J-bot, didn't you tell me you want to get your hands on a birdcage?I tried making a snowboy, but I didn’t make him good enough. Teddy approached me and asked if he could call me mayor too. Yes, you better! Or I’ll call you “evicted.”

Teddy: It was kinda wacky! So should I call you mayor too? Or is that only for close friends, oh pooh?Luna told me that Sophia from Hyrule was my most recent dream visitor.

Luna: According to the latest feedback, a client named Sophia from Hyrule enjoyed your dream.Saharah was in town today, and she redecorated my main room with a modern screen and a red tile.

A modern screen and red tile.I did some island hopping, and one of the islands had a cabana bookcase that I needed for my future giveaway. I now have 11 of the 13 items I need. I just need to find the screen and wallpaper now.

My partial collection of cabana furniture.