Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Day 43

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Isabelle didn’t announce any news beyond April nearly ending, but I ran into Saharah while on my way to the museum to get fossils assessed and also donate everything I caught in a friend’s town.

Her allotment today:
Mysterious wallpaper: Strawberry-chocolate wall
Mysterious flooring: Gravel flooring
Small rug: Simple small brown mat
Medium rug: Brown wooden-deck rug
Large rug: Retro dotted rug

I ended up getting Ivy Wall and Dark Chocolates flooring as my bonus Wallpaper and Flooring respectively. Only the Ivy Wall was new our of everything though :(

I then went along the beach to check for a recipe and eventually found one in a Bottle from Cousteau this morning: Dark Rose Wreath.

My Nook Miles+ thing for today was to plant 3 Windflowers. I’m both nervous and excited for May Day tomorrow.

With pretty much everything I could do for now “finished”, I ended up working on this little sitting area a bit:

I think it looks a bit better now. I’d maybe consider some fences, but I don’t think any can fit nicely and I don’t really want to modify it at all.

Teddy taught me a new reaction today– Encouraging.

And this kind of ties into my frustration of the moment in the game– Reactions being locked to personality types. Am I necessarily surprised? No. Disappointed though? Absolutely.

With the ability to get recipes from your friends and even find DIY Recipes in bottles along the beach, while it may not be as high a chance as you like (and heck, even if you did have all the personality types in your town, there is no guarantee– Alfonso and Phil easily craft the least), I was really hoping that meant they wouldn’t be doing something like this again as it was so frustrating with Public Works.

I haven’t gotten a single Cranky Villager. I don’t want to temporary move one in just to move them out. That feels really mean. Phil and Alfonso are my only Smugs and I’m not going to keep them longer if they want to move on either. And considering one reaction is locked to “high friendship”, even if I got the others, who knows if I’d manage to get that one too.

Supposedly, you can learn 1 new Reaction a Day, but I absolutely haven’t been learning them that often… I need Pleased and Daydreaming* still from Sweet (previously normal) types, Sleepy and Mischief* from Peppy though I don’t care much for that last one, all the snooty ones (Intense, Thought, Sighing, Amazed, Love*), Disagree and Confident* from “Big Sister”, Pride* from Lazy, Flourish* from Jock, obviously all the Cranky ones (Agreement, Worry, Sheepish-ness, Bewilderment, Inspiration*), and all the Smug ones as well (Smirking, Resignation, Heartbreak, Dozing, Showmanship*).

* High friendship reaction.

Of the ones I don’t have, I most want Daydreaming, Curiousity, Thought, Sighing, Amazing, Love, and Flourish which thankfully I will be able to get regardless. I’d also like Inspiration (which just will not be happening), Agreement (also not happening), Showmanship (unlikely before Phil leaves), and maybe Dozing (could maybe happen before he leaves but not likely), but I’m not getting my hopes up.

I’d like to hope they can bring Dr. Shrunk back and he can teach you an emotion again for food or bells or something that you’re still missing if you weren’t able to get them for free. It’d be nice anyway :/ Otherwise, this may be the first time I don’t earn all the reactions and that makes me super sad.

Moving passed my frustrations, Fae let me visit her town to wish on Shooting Stars to help build my Star Fragments back up. Her town is so pretty. Kymera ended up hanging out too.


This just makes me want to get more Nova Lights and Star Clocks even more… Not to mention all the Starry Garlands I want to make T~T

Also I am totally wearing a Celeste-inspired outfit for future Star Gazing… I just need that Star Pochette and to decide what shoes.

I then spent some time working on the cafe to make some adjustments.


I definitely still want a few other instruments (or at the least, different colors), but otherwise, unless we get a nicer fence down the line, I think this area is “done”. I would say the next big things I want to work on are some grove stuff (which I need more Star Fragments for crafting and the mushroom furniture on my wish list– some may also go to the camp site) and, of course, the Museum which I need more of Gulliver’s landmark stuff for :/ So it’s just… waiting now.

Finally, Mira ended up setting up her doorplate and I also gave her a red Giant Ribbon for no explicable reason.

I wish the ribbon was that size for us :(