A Sunny Winter Day

I got Ed’s goodbye letter in the mail when I started up the game today. He’s gone off to be a globetrotter.

Ed's goodbye letter in Animal Crossing: City Folk (ACCF).Outside of Friga’s house, I saw a new blue rose! They sure don’t pop up very often!

A new blue rose that popped up near Friga's house.Despite the chill in the air, it was a nice sunny day. Perfect for running around town with my balloon!

Walking along a cliff path while holding my green balloon.But as Katrina might say, running around too much may lead to…accidents.

Me struggling to get out of an icy pitfall.Once I completed my walk around town, I took the bus to the city. It was snowing there, and I ran into my old BFF Bob! Naturally, he was talking about food.

Bob: Where the heck are all the restaurants around here? But...no restaurants means no peach crisp!Of course this was just a generic Bob (as opposed to the specific Bob that lived in Forest), so he didn’t remember me. But it was still nice to see him again. Who knows, maybe he’ll move back into Forest one of these days years.

I also went into GracieGrace just for the heck of it; the gorgeous furniture is on sale this season. But the thing that struck me was the size of the store. It’s a lot bigger than her Emporium showroom in New Leaf.

The roomy GracieGrace shop in Animal Crossing: City Folk.I then rode the bus back to Forest (so that the snow in the city would water my flowers) and wrapped up my afternoon in City Folk. Have a good day, everyone!

Runaway Horse

Tonight, Friga was talking about fishing…and how she’s glad she’s not the fish.

Friga: And then, when a fish bites, it makes me think how very lucky I am...that I'm not the fish.I visited Ed, and he just remembered that he’s moving out of town. Even though he’s already packed up, he somehow forgot why. I guess he’s not the brightest lantern in the barn, if you know what I mean.

Ed: Hey... Hold up... Oh, yeah! I just remembered I'm bailing out of this town!Saharah was in town, and she was looking for old wallpaper. So I went around to ask all of my villagers for some. Except for Ed the horse, of course, of course. Three of the others had some old wallpaper for me: Bunnie, Prince, and Lily.

Lily: And you can just keep whatever she gives you in exchange. I don't need it!I took the three items to Saharah, and she gave me a basement wall in return.

Saharah: Here...a basement wall. Very exotic... Treasure it. It is a very rare thing.I was quite disappointed at first…until I checked my checklist and saw that it was an item I still needed for my catalog. So I decided to take a look at it. It’s honestly much better than its name implies. If anything, it should be called a dungeon wall. I like it!

The basement wall on display in my creepy furniture room.I put the wallpaper into storage for possible future use, and then I took the bus to the city. It was snowing there, and I saw that the path to the Reset Surveillance Center was open.

A light coming from the opening to the Reset Surveillance Center.I went inside, and nobody was home! Resetti and/or Don must have just scrambled to bug some poor Animal Intersection player. 😀 Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do in here. I couldn’t sit in the chairs, I couldn’t turn the TV on, I couldn’t look in the lockers, I couldn’t even eat the last piece of pizza!

The Reset Surveillance Center empty. Nobody's home!

New Year’s Shirt 2015

I started up the game to find many Happy New Year’s wishes in my mailbox. I received letters from Mallary, Lily, Friga, Bunnie, and Mom. Mom also included 1,000 bells.

Greetings, Jeff! Happy New Year! I'd better see a lot of you this year! January 1st, 2015. Ciao, LilyTortimer was outside of town hall again today, also wishing me a happy new year. Thanks, Torty!

Tortimer: Ah, a new year! Fresh like a new pair of socks!He was handing out the New Year’s shirt for 2015. It’s the year of the sheep, so it has a sheep on the front. But is it made of wool?

The New Year's Shirt for 2015, with a sheep on the front.And of course, it says “2015” on the back. Today is the only day you can get this shirt, so you might want to pick yours up while you can!

The New Year's Shirt for 2015, with 2015 written across the back.Each villager wished me a happy new year. Prince hopes we get lots of good food this year. In his case, that probably means flies and other insects. So I think I’ll decline any dinner invitations I get from him.

Prince: I hope we get to eat lots and lots of good food this year!Genji was even more excited about the new year. I could tell because he was yelling in a very large font. 😛

Genji: Happy New Year! WOOOOOOO!And by the bridge, Angus did a little dance for me: The Dance of the Lonely Manicotti. His dance consisted of several different emotions in a row. That was odd…

Angus: Anyway, this is called the Dance of the Lonely Manicotti! Enjoy!When I went to visit Broccolo, I saw that he was hungover sick, so I went to Nook’s and bought some medicine for him. Hopefully he’ll start feeling better soon. Because I’m not cleaning up his puke.

Broccolo flips as he takes some medicine.I finished up my day with a bus ride to the city, where I had a little chat with Phineas. He ended up giving me a green balloon.

Phineas: Who am I? Why, I'm Phineas, the prize man! Everyone should get a prize once in a while, don't you think?Have a great New Year, everyone!