Today, Big Top approached me and told me he’s going to be moving out of town.
However, I was able to change his mind.
I started my walk around town, looking for my fossils and money rock. A couple minutes later, I saw Big Top again. This time, he said he heard a rumor that I’m a deep diver??
I made my way to The Roost and I worked a shift. My job there is starting to get harder; the customers aren’t even telling me what they want any more. They just say they want “the usual.” Ugh. I have started to keep a text file to keep track of what’s right and wrong, but it’s going to take a while before I learn how everyone likes their coffee. As for today, I struck out big time.
And for the first time, Isabelle herself came in for a cup of coffee.
My assistant is probably wondering why the mayor needs to be working a second job at a coffee shop that pays me in beans. Oh well. I ed up her order too. Brewster wasn’t happy.
After that, I walked up to Main Street. There’s a new store in town, T.I.Y.!
Obviously it’s a parody of D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself), but what does T.I.Y. stand for? Tickle it yourself? Anyway, I went inside to check it out. T.I.Y. has not been in previous Animal Crossing games, so I wanted to see what it was like.
Other than a new layout, it’s not all that different. But there is something new: the ability to buy K.K. songs!
I know I had some readers ask me about buying K.K. songs before at Super T&T. You can’t buy them at Super T&T, but you can buy them once the store upgrades to T.I.Y.
Another interesting feature is that the garden shop got absorbed into T.I.Y. as well. I guess that’s to make it more like the real D.I.Y.
And Leif told me that he now can provide a weed-pulling service. That’s not something I’m going to need, but I know a lot of you will probably love this feature if you time travel or go long periods without playing the game.
After that, I decided to open my gate for a little bit. Wendy came over to visit… and then someone else tried to come in, but we got disconnected. I reopened and Wendy came back, but the other person didn’t. Wendy brought me all the types of fruit I didn’t have yet. So I went around town planting them all. Along the way, I found a special tree stump; this one had a butterfly and a piece of bread on it.
Mushrooms will grow around special stumps, so I’m going to leave this stump like this, at least for a while. Wendy and I each sat on a stump, and then we amused ourselves by spinning around on them.
After I was finished planting all the fruit trees, we took a trip to the island for a little bug-catching and fishing. 
While there, I caught a new bug (a giant stag). I also caught three sharks (two regular ones and one whale shark) that I later sold for a nice chunk of change. Around 11:40, we returned to shore and I ended the session.
I have now completed my Animal Crossing New Leaf Hair Guide! It tells how to get the hair style and color that you want, along with pictures of each. It includes the exact wording of the English language version too, so I think you’ll find it to be the best hair guide out there! I hope you’ll check it out and bookmark it so you’ll be all set once you get your character to a Shampoodle salon!
I also saw Saharah in town. For 3,000 bells, she gave me a new carpet and wallpaper.
So I went inside to see what she gave me.
She installed a modern wood wall and a sporty floor. The wall goes with my sofa, but I’m not quite enjoying the look of this floor/wall combination.
Soon after leaving Molly, I ran into another of my favorite villagers, Aurora. However, she wanted to start calling me “dearie” as a nickname! No thanks!
Next, I headed up to Main Street. The Nooklets’ shop is undergoing construction, as expected.
The Able Sisters had a beak for sale, and I was in a beak-wearing kind of mood, so I bought it. After I was done with my shopping, I decided to make one last stop at the Happy Homes Academy. Reggie from Nintendo was there, via SpotPass.
So I got to tour Reggie’s house! It was pretty loaded, so I’m pretty sure Reggie is a cheater. 😉 This was his Nintendo room:
I then went back to his gym/exercise room.
The left room in Reggie’s house is the kitchen. But why does he keep his Animal Crossing 3DS XL in the toaster? 😛
On the other side of the house is Reggie’s bedroom. I’m sorry, but that bedspread is just creepy.
I also went into his game room, which looks like a fun place to hang out. Anyone for a game of ping pong?
And the last room in Reggie’s house was his Japanese themed room.
And one of the cool features of the Happy Homes Showcase is the ability to order items! The prices will be 20% higher than what you would normally pay, but it gives you extra opportunities to shop for new items. I ordered a glass display case from the Nintendo room…
…and the neon sign from the exercise room.
That’s all for today. By the way, my hair guide is 99% completed. Look for it tomorrow!
Now I thought that meant Katrina had to be in town somewhere, since I figured I was falling for Katrina. But despite covering my entire town twice, I never spotted her tent! Weird.
When I talked to Aurora, she mentioned an Alyssa from Rosedale, who she met in a dream! She said Alyssa was a “pro listener.” Alyssa, if you happen to be reading this, hello! Feel free to leave a comment on this blog entry to let me know you saw this. But of course you don’t have to. 😛
I then went to the cafe to work for Brewster. Unfortunately, Fuchsia was the only customer whose order I got completely correct.
Still, Brewster rewarded me with some good coffee beans.
Back outside, in the dark, I ran into something that frightened me: Tabby. It’s like when you play Ocarina of Time and a skeleton suddenly pops up out of the ground in front of you. Ahhhh!
After regaining my composure, I continued on my trip around town. I saw Tex…
Uhh… what?? He was asking me to find him some furniture.
And at my town tree, I sat down to view my town history again. I noticed something I didn’t catch the first time. Take a look:
The Roost? I did not realize Brewster’s cafe was called The Roost again in New Leaf; they’ve just called it the cafe up to this point.
And Super T&T had a 
Before I ended my night, I returned to Re-Tail to sell my four fossils (since they were all duplicates). I ran into Benedict on the way; he asked me if he smells good.
He sure did! Finger-lickin’ good!