Snowmam

Late last night, Jessica had a snowman bingo number (#50) that I needed, so she let me come over to get it. Apparently all three of her snowmen have the same name.

Jessica: Ho ho ho.And today, Skye (the wolf) asked me to collect signatures for a “Scamper to Victory” petition.

Skye: My latest mission is collecting signatures for my petition, Scamper to Victory.Benedict told me that he wants a doll for Christmas. Really??

Benedict: Anyway, between you and me, I asked Jingle for a doll this year.Maybe I’ll buy him a bus ticket to Aika Village. He can play with all the evil dolls there…unless he’s chicken.

Saharah was in town today, and she redecorated my house with a cabin wall and a sidewalk. She’s already given me both of those items before.

A cabin wall and sidewalk.I then went out into the cold to hunt for snowballs. I put two of them together and fortunately, I created a snowmam!

Snowmam: The balance between head and body is excellent! I owe you my gratitude!I think she was hitting on me!

Snowmam: Pardon me for saying, but you have quite an impressive set of sparkling snowflakes there!I gave her five snowflakes I had in my pockets and she gave me an ice wall. But the best thing is that while she’s here, new snowflakes will appear randomly…even if it’s not snowing! So I kept my eye out for more snowflakes as I made my way around town.

When I crossed the tracks to visit Main Street, Luna told me that Tim from Dimentio was my most recent dream visitor. And GracieGrace had a tuxedo for sale, which I bought. I usually wear a tuxedo on New Year’s Eve in Animal Crossing, so now I have it.

Gracie: A tuxedo, eh? This item is in pretty high demand. I wonder if you're worthy of it...Rolf asked me for some furniture, so I gave him a balloon sofa I shot down from a balloon present. I didn’t think he’d enjoy junk like that, but I was wrong. He liked it so much that he gave me his picture again! I now have duplicates of Rolf, Molly, and Benedict. Yet still none from Big Top, Kidd, Skye, or Teddy. (Well I don’t have Tammy’s either, but I don’t want hers).

Rolf: Rolf's pic! Thanks again for the help!Every now and then, I’d notice a snowflake and catch it.

Wow! A snowflake! I should be gentle with it so it doesn't melt!Later on, Tiffiny let me know she was opening her gate. So I went to her town Auctus to get my petition signatures. I also met Mikki and Jet while I was there.

I noticed that one of the human characters in her town had a mailbox that was going crazy! It wasn’t just blinking like there was new mail…the flag was wildly swinging from left to right! I’ve never seen anything like that before, and I’m not sure what it means. (Update: It means the mailbox is full).

A character's mailbox was going crazy!I tracked down six of Tiffiny’s villagers, including Bob, who was hiding in the bug room of the museum! Bob was the final signature I needed (even though I stupidly forgot to take a picture of the completed petition). But Bob didn’t remember me from ACCF, so I was heartbroken. 😛

Bob: I don't think I've seen your face before.I took the petition back to Skye and she rewarded me with an oil lamp. It made me want to set myself on fire, because I was really hoping for her picture.

Skye: It's an oil lamp.Anyway, I caught five additional snowflakes and took them to Snowmam. She gave me an ice floor this time.

My ice floor and ice wall.I’m going to keep looking for snowflakes so I can hopefully complete the set before she melts. I think I’m going to keep it all in my main room, because from what I’ve seen, the ice set is probably my favorite new furniture series in New Leaf.

Town Concierge Badge

As soon as I came out of my house, Big Top was there and he pinged me. He asked me to get a fruit for him. Fruit requests are the easiest requests to fulfill, so I gave him a perfect peach I had.

Big Top: Whoa! This peach is so much better than normal ones, ice witch!He thanked me and rewarded me by giving me this moth orchid.

A moth orchid as seen in my house.I had a letter from Katie in the mail; she thanked me for taking her to Rinto yesterday. She attached a sketchbook to the letter.

As I started my walk around town, I saw Phineas. I was not expecting to see him, so I had no clue what badge I would be getting. It turned out to be the Town Concierge badge for fulfilling villagers’ requests. It’s my third gold badge.

I got the Town Concierge badge! I'm such a softie... I'll listen to any request when I'm needed!Not much else was going on in town today, so I did a little Club Tortimer island hopping. I was doing it mainly for shopping, to see if I could find any good items for sale. I didn’t find anything I wanted to buy, but I did run into Mrs. Claus! (It was actually Caitlyn from Ladera).

Mr. and Mrs. Claus! Actually Jeff and Caitlyn.Later on, I visited a dream town. Porter told me that it was a popular town because it had been used two times by visitors. Uhh, what?

Porter: You know...this is a pretty popular town. In fact, this station has been used 2 times by visitors.And tonight, I did some bingo exchanges with friends. Skye and Taylor each came to my town to get bingo numbers, and I went to Chris’ town Ruby to get one as well. Chris has outdone me by having two illuminated trees in his town.

Two illuminated trees in Chris's town of Ruby.

Fortune Teller’s Shop

As I started up the game today, Isabelle told me that Katrina has opened up her shop on Main Street. That means my shopping district is now complete!

Isabelle: Did you hear the news? Katrina the fortune-teller has opened a full-time shop on Main Street!So I quickly made my way up there to take a look at it. On the outside, there’s not a whole lot to look at.

The outside of Katrina's fortune-teller shop as seen from Main Street.And the inside looks exactly like the inside of her tent.

Katrina: The stars of Cancer and a wise mayor's guidance have caused me to settle in Forest...Anyway, she told me an aurora knit shirt was the key to unlocking good fortune. But now that her shop is done, I probably won’t use her services very often. Maybe if I have a bad luck day where I’m tripping a lot, I might see what she has to say. But other than that, I doubt I’ll be seeing her much.

When I returned to town, Tabby pinged me. She suggested another public works project, a bell.

Tabby: So, Mayor, I read in this magazine how the bell is all the rage right now.I went to go look at it, only to find that I first needed to attend the ceremony for the opening of Katrina’s shop. Katrina herself showed up; it’s a bit odd seeing her standing up and outdoors.

The completion ceremony for Katrina's shop.I was then able to see the bell project. It’s simple, but it looks nice. I do like the interactive projects, so I might consider putting it in my town eventually.

Bell: 86,000 bells.After that, I started looking for snowballs to make a snowman. I wasn’t trying to make a bingo snowman, so I tried making it smaller. I ended up making a snowboy, but not a perfect one.

Snowboy: Ohhhhh! So close! I was almost a perfect snowboy...Aurora tried telling me she was going to move out on the 22nd, but I put an end to that right away. I soon saw Katie once again, asking to go to another town. I checked for open towns and saw Andrew’s town of Rinto had an open gate. So Katie and I boarded the train…

Katie and I board the train.…and arrived in Rinto.

Katie: OK, I'm gonna go see what Rinto is all about! So long, friend!I said hello to Andrew and his friend Ari.

Jeff, Andrew, and Ari outside of Re-Tail.While there, I sold a couple baskets of perfect peaches. Unfortunately, I realized too late that Rinto is a peach town. Oops.

Anyway, I then returned home to Forest, where Benedict asked me for some furniture. I gave him a fossil I had in my pockets and he gave me his picture again! Ugh! I wish I could get a picture from Big Top, Kidd, Skye, or Teddy instead of the same few animals over and over.

Benedict: It's Benedict's pic! Thank you, lamb!And with that, I wrapped up my day in Forest. See you next time!