Anniversary Update

Yesterday, I received my latest reward from Gulliver in the mail. He sent me this turban.

Last night, Wisp and Celeste were both in town (at the same time). Wisp ultimately gave me some cute red-tile flooring, and Celeste gave me a DIY recipe for a star clock. That star clock recipe is exactly what I had just been hoping for! 🙂

Today is Shamrock Day, which of course, is better known as St. Patrick’s Day in real life. Unfortunately, New Horizons does not have a Shamrock Day event (unlike New Leaf). But I did shoot down a balloon present that contained a recipe for a shamrock wand.

C.J. was in town with a new seasports challenge for me. He wanted to see some big-time fish, so I caught a black bass, a squid, and a dace to complete the challenge. When I checked my storage, I only had five fish saved up for him. But he paid me 38,700 bells for them.

Apollo asked me to deliver a package to Louie, and Louie asked me to guess if it was clothing or furniture. I guessed clothing, and I was right…so Louie gave it to me. It was a striped tank.

At about 9:00 tonight, the one-year anniversary update went live. I downloaded the update, and I received a letter from Nintendo. Uh, I mean, from Nook Inc. 😉 They sent a first-anniversary cake, and I’m actually a bit surprised they’re sending it early…instead of having it arrive in the mail on March 20th. But I’m not complaining.

This is basically the equivalent of the sapling clock in New Leaf.

At Resident Services, there are two design upgrades you can purchase with Nook Miles. One lets you access the custom design portal with your NookPhone…so you can upload and download designs without having to go to Able Sisters! Very helpful for night owls like me, playing mostly when Able Sisters is closed for the night.

The other upgrade adds 50 regular design slots and 50 pro design slots. Awesome! It also allows you to make designs for face-cutout standees, umbrellas, handheld flags, and fans. I’m going to start using the extra design slots right away to add more patterns to my Mario obstacle course!

Speaking of which, here are my plans for that. I’m going to try to finish up my obstacle course by tomorrow night. On Friday, I hope to host my first races either in the late afternoon or early evening.* I’ll probably ask for four contestants on Twitter…but try to have one of the Mario outfits ready to wear if you plan on joining in. It can be Mario, Luigi, Peach, or Wario. I have a couple outfits in case someone doesn’t have one, but I don’t have enough for everyone.

*Update: Due to rain on my island Friday, I decided to postpone my obstacle course race at least until Saturday afternoon, pending the weather in Forest (follow on Twitter for further details). However, my anniversary party will go on as scheduled, rain or shine, at 9 p.m. Eastern on Saturday!

See you all soon!