Jeff's New Leaf Blog

Today, Reese confirmed that the scary painting I got from Crazy Redd was a fake.

So I started my daily search for fossils and the money rock. I also stopped in the cafe for a cup of coffee.

And as expected, I met my newest neighbor……..Tabby.  Anytime you say her name, be sure to start with a long pause and make sure there’s a lot of disappointment in your voice as you pronounce it. That’s the correct way to say it (because I’m the mayor and I say so). 😀

I found four fossils today, and then I headed up to Main Street. Shrunk taught me the bashfulness emotion.

And further down Main Street, the construction was complete! The salon, Shampoodle, is open for business!

Anyway, I know a lot of you used my Animal Crossing New Leaf Face Guide, and some of you are hoping I make a hair guide as well. The good news is that I will indeed be making one. However, I’m not going to have much time this weekend to work on it–not to mention it seems more complicated than the face guide–so it probably won’t be done for a while yet. Hopefully sometime next week, but I can’t make any promises. (Update: Here is the hair guide).

For now, I tested it out with all of the first-choice options (and all sliders to the top). The final result looks a lot like bed-head.

I was about done playing when Wendy signed on. She asked if I got Shampoodle, and when I told her I did, she asked to come over for a quick style. So she came over, and after she went inside, I tried to follow her in. But I couldn’t. Apparently only one customer is allowed in the salon at a time. So why are there two chairs in there??

Wendy came out disappointed; she didn’t get quite what she wanted.

I soon ended the party. But then I remembered that I had a toy hammer I haven’t used on any animals yet! Tabby was still indoors, so she got to escape my wrath for today. So I looked around until I found Katt. Hey Katt… STOP!

HAMMER TIME!

That was fun. But I can’t wait to try it out on Tabby.

That’s all for today, but I’ll be back with more tomorrow night! See you then!

Last night, I finished paying off the cafe project. I also went to the island and bought a Club Tortimer membership. It lets you visit the island with random players from your continent or from around the world.

Today, I went back to Re-Tail to get my customized astro clock back from Cyrus. It looks nice, but I would have preferred a darker shade of blue.

I then headed over to Forest’s newest attraction: the cafe!

Brewster was inside, serving coffee. The cafe looks bigger and nicer than his old coffee shop, The Roost.

And of course, I ordered a cup of joe.

But after just one cup, he cut me off!

So I went back outside and saw Crazy Redd’s tent. I went inside, but I didn’t know which of his four items was the real one. So I took a chance on this scary painting.

After I was done in there, I saw a new area roped off; a new animal is moving in. Who could it be? So I read the sign…and then I read it again in hopes that it didn’t say what I thought it said. But sadly, it’s true: Tabby is moving in. NOOOOOOooooOooOOOOoOoo….

After receiving such frightening news, I needed some comedy. So I headed up to Club LOL. Shrunk taught me a new emotion, delight. It’s the clapping/applauding emotion, which is one of my favorites.

On Main Street, the area around the Able Sisters was still under construction. I’m hoping I’ll get Shampoodle tomorrow.

When I returned to town, I went in to check on Aurora. She said she was just about to write a poem about a handkerchief. I’m not sure that’s the best poem topic, but still, it’s nothing to sneeze at.

And then I decided to try out Club Tortimer. I chose to play with other North American players.

But when I got there, I was the only one there! So I returned to Forest, and tried again with worldwide players. Once again, no one was there but me. I decided to give it one last try, with North American players, and this time there was one other player there. His name was Storphen, and we played a couple island tours. He beat me both times.

But I was in the mood for some island tours with more players, so I opened my gate for a little bit. Chris and Wendy came over, and we headed out to the island.

We played a butterfly-catching game and the toy hammer game. Both times, Chris got first place, I got second place, and Wendy got last place.

Here is a video of the butterfly competition:

The island had toy hammers for sale, so we each bought one. When we returned to shore, we put them to good use.

That wrapped up our night in New Leaf.

Just one last note. A question I’m seeing a lot is from people wondering how to get their friend code and how to add people. New Leaf doesn’t have its own separate friend codes, it uses your 3DS friend roster. From your 3DS menu, you’ll want to click the smiley face at the top to see your friend code and to add other people.

That’s all for now, but have a good Friday, everyone!

So far, I’ve added two people as “best friends,” Chris and Wendy. And late last night, I tested out the best friend chat with Wendy. You can message your best friends, even if you’re in separate towns.

And today, I got a letter in the mail from Gulliver. He was in Germany, and he sent me a nutcracker. Ouch.

After putting it in my Gulliver/balloon furniture exhibit room at the museum, I went to Club LOL to get a new emotion. This time, Shrunk taught me the pride emotion.

I then returned to town, where I met up with Rory. He suggested I should build a brick bridge! So that was added to the list of available projects.

Benedict asked me for a peach. That was an easy task, so I quickly got one for him. He wolfed it down, and then thanked me by giving me a cardboard box. Gee, thanks.

And then, at long last, I ran into Saharah! I saw her once before, but it was when I was still living in a tent. She had a strict “no homeless” policy (my words, not hers), so she couldn’t do anything for me. But now that I had a house, she could. She charged me 3,000 bells and followed me to my house. After we went inside, she promptly kicked me out.

So I waited outside until she came out and told me she was done.

Uh, okay?

Well okay then. I then went inside to rule my renewed palace.

Um… this is her idea of a palace? A citrus carpet and a manor wall? I don’t think either of these are rare items, so I think I just got ripped off.

Anyway, I decided I would try taking my astro clock to Cyrus over at Re-Tail to see what he could do to customize it. It displays the time in 24-hour (military) time, and I was hoping it could be adjusted to regular time. Unfortunately, it can’t; but Cyrus could change the color of the clock. So I decided to go with blue and black–JVGS colors.

After that, I headed up to Main Street again. At Super T&T, I got an Arwing from my fortune cookie. And I saw an apple TV for sale…but it’s not called that any more. Now it’s called a juicy-apple TV. Maybe now it’ll show informercials for juicers! Exciting!

The area around the Able Sisters was still under construction for a second day, so I still don’t have the salon yet. And with that, I wrapped up my day, at least for now. I’ll have to get my clock back from Cyrus either later tonight or tomorrow.