Visiting Appleby

Yesterday, I did some more diving in the ocean and I caught another scallop. This time, Pascal popped up to ask for it.

I got a scallop! Hey, this isn't a potato at all!I gave it to him, and in return, he gave me some pirate’s armor. He also left me with these words of wisdom about weeds.

Pascal: Weeds are just flowers that no one thinks are pretty. Maaan, that's sort of depressing, isn't it?The pirate’s armor isn’t clothing or even a regular furniture item that you’d set down on the floor. It actually hangs on the wall.

The pirate's armor displayed on my wall.And then today, Joan was selling turnips for just 93 bells apiece. I bought 3,200 of them.

Joan: The asking price is 93 bells per turnip. What do you think, kiddo?I had ordered some DLC items for Beth, so I went over to her town Appleby to drop them off. Andy and Naomi (StarClan) were also there. They surprised me by popping off some party poppers when I arrived!

Party poppers in Appleby.Beth also made this big “thank you” sign with patterns.

Me in shock.That was very nice of her, but she didn’t have to go to such trouble! But she told me that wasn’t all…

Jeff: BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!She buried a bunch of presents (30 of them, I think?) all around her town for me to dig up.

Look! I dug up present!
Shouldn’t that say I dug up *a* present?

But because I’m a pretty strict ‘legit’ player, I don’t like accepting large gifts…namely the 99k money bags she was trying to give me. Not to mention I wouldn’t have had space to take that many items anyway. She was using sad emotions each time I would drop a gift back down, which made me feel kinda bad. Sorry, I appreciate the thought, but I did tell her ahead of time I wouldn’t take any extra money. That’s just how I play the game.

So I only accepted enough money to cover the cost of the items I ordered for her. But one of the presents contained some beans, and that was a gift that I gladly accepted. The beans are always fun to throw around, and we had a bean fight right there.

Everybody throwing beans at each other.We started talking about beans in general, and Mr. Bean in particular! There is actually a Mr. Bean Wii game that I didn’t even know existed. That might be fun to pick up some and laugh at/with it. We also fed the fish, and we talked about how there should be ducks that show up in the river too. It would be hilarious to see Molly or Freckles jump in the river for a swim.

Feeding the ducks.After an hour in Appleby, I returned home for the day. Thanks for everything, Beth! (And Andy and Naomi too!) I turned the game off for a while, but I returned to it in the evening. Octavian told me he was going to move out of town on January 29th, but I made him change his mind.

Octavian: All right! Forget anything I just said about moving and stuff!Sprinkles asked me for some furniture, and I gave her a customized regal armoire I had in my pockets. She liked it so much that she gave me her picture again!

Sprinkle: It's Sprinkles's pic! Thanks so much!
Shouldn’t that be Sprinkle’s pic?

A bingo snowman (that I built yesterday) rolled a #28 for me. I punched it off my bingo card, and that gave me a double ding. Maybe I’ll get a bingo soon.

Snowman: DOUBLE DING!I finished up my night with a trip up to Main Street, where Luna told me Felix from Windrush recently visited my dream town.

Thanks, everyone. I’ll see you next time.