The Alleria Curse

I am not making this up.
Pompom left and in her place, I mean EXACTLY in the same spot as her place, this young lady showed up. Mallary. Aaaaaaaaaaaa duck.
Having thought the Alleria Duck Hunt was a success (never mind complete), this cruel cruel joke was played on me. Or maaaaaaybe Alleria is positioned perfectly in the migration path, making this a great stop over for traveling ducks. Either way, I am not happy. The Alleria Curse is ducks.
Here we go again.

Other than that 'exciting' tidbit of news, all is quiet in Alleria. No visitors for awhile save for the first visit from Blanca.

It was a surprise to see her finally show up. I wasn't sure if she would or not. You see, in previous experiences I've had to pick up the phone and ban her from coming through the town gates because she did so to the point of annoyment (that's not a word, is it?). Anyhow, I was kind of glad to be able to say I've met her. So....I've met Blanca. There.

Even with nothing exciting happening around town, I've still managed to slack when it comes to catching new fish and bugs. Even so, it was hard to miss this one.

Little booger moves pretty fast. I also managed to catch the pond skater but haven't got a chance to grab the diving beetle. I think I saw one once but I was doing something or other and didn't track it down.

Even though I'm the only one that plays, there is a secret resident of Alleria who only awakens if I need to replace a pattern on the pathways. My boyfriends character, Rob. I woke him up the other day for something and noticed the sexy bed hair.

Once fully awake, Rob took a trip into the city to learn an emotion and get a balloon from Phineas. We tried to take a picture of a sad disheveled man holding a balloon (artsy, ya know?) but these are as close as we could get:


The last one looks like he dropped a coin and is looking for it.

Avery has been spending a lot of time at the Roost.

Two different days and in the same spot. Maybe he's becoming a regular? Or he enjoys Brewsters' company? Either way I spent a good 10 minutes searching for him in town.


Let's see....
Oh. Here's a bit of useless trivia. The pink zap suit outfit clearly matches many members of the AC community.

Here I am, clearly resembling Vladimir......


Pink 'lil Chrissy and her yellow tuft of hair match the outfit.....


Blanca looked a bit like a heroine....


Even manly manly Snake! Apparently, pink with yellow accent is all the rage in Alleria.
Although, it did seem to depress Snake that he resembled a girl.

No, I'm just kidding. He was sick that day.

Before we wrap things up, the Alleria Chamber of Commerce has a message:

Huh. Even I didn't know that.

Bunny Day

So Bunny Day was pretty cool. Apart from the whole 'I know I'm tearing up grass' thing, it was a lot of fun and a good change of pace from the day to day activities.
When I approached Town Hall, I heard some pretty festive music...it was pretty catchy.
And then Zipper T. Bunny came into view.
And I thought, "This is a guy I want to dance with!"

So I spent about 20 minutes dancing with this guy.

Joan didn't think it was very funny. She just stood there and stared for a bit.

Finally, I thought it was about time to talk to this guy and find out what it was he wanted me to do. Unfortunately I found out a bit TOO much information.


Whoops.
But the egg hunting went fine. For the most part, the dig spots were easy to find and close together.

Even my boyfriend got into it and helped me look for the brown stars.

After awhile I got the whole set and was excited to set it up in my main room. I was getting pretty tired of the Festivale furniture set (that was incomplete anyway). So after a bit of re-arranging, I set up the whole Egg set. The whole gaudy thing.

I don't even like eggs.
But it's a change and change is good. I guess it'll give me motivation to plan what my main room really should be.

Other than that, things are about the same in Alleria. Static seems to have the scoop on the new girl...

...and our friendship is as close as they get. I think?

That is a compliment, right? Or does that mean I'm uppity and over-priced??

Phineas gave me a Bunny Day present.

I match! For once.
And look who's coming to the city a whole lot....

Gaaaaastooooooon. He doesn't look happy to see me.

And I guess the Duck Hunt was successful. Miranda came up to me and mentioned that she is thinking about moving. Shame that the original duck in town is the one forced out...but that's how the cookie crumbles, I suppose. One down, one (or two!) to go.

Duck Hunt

It's been pretty quiet in Alleria.
Most of us have been enjoying the endless sunshine and pretty spring flowers...not really doing a whole lot.

Static, Avery, and I played train for a bit.
And we've all had an endless amount of inane conversations.



Marcel does seem to have the most. I love him, though.
As expected, Winnie moved on to bigger and better things.

I do kind of miss her now. Especially since somebody new moved into her old spot.

Ugh. Yes, Pompom, we do.
Pompom. Another duck. That brings Alleria a total of 3 ducks: Miranda, Deena, and now Pompom. That also brings Alleria a total of 2 ducks too many.
Miranda was here originally, Deena moved in not too long ago....I believe that gives Miranda first dibs on land. I officially declare it Duck Season in Alleria. But please, if you must take a duck, I ask that you do it humanely. We're all about animal rights around here.
Other than the duck overpopulation, the only other thing of note going on is the Able Sister Drama. Yes, that whole story has finally started to unravel in Alleria.

Label?

Ohhh, Labelle.
Yawn.
Before Pompom moved in, I re-started my campaign to convince Gaston to move to Alleria.

He mostly ignored me when I stopped him in the square at the city. So I took to disguising myself in the hopes he would mistake me for a friend.

I guess it didn't work so well....

I even offered him a balloon!
(One day, Phineas and I were a matching pair!)

And I guess that the word got around that I was recruiting a new Allerian. When I ran into an old pal, Vladimir, I suggested he pack up and move on over. He wasn't very receptive either.

Meh.
After getting ran out of the city, I retired to stalking the neighbors of Alleria.

BUBBLE ATTACK!

What can I say? I live in a town with 10 animals. I think it would drive anybody a little crazy.
And today was the Fishing Tourney. Largest fish wins the purty gold trophy.

Wiiiiiiiinnnnaaaaaa.
Tomorrow is Bunny Day. I'm looking forward to tearing up all my beautiful grass looking for foil for a bunny who will exchange it for egg-shaped furniture. Hurrah.

What's New?

A lot.
Sorry for no update, a sprained knee sucks.
So here's what's up in Alleria!

• New Store!

More product, less time to sell.

• Special Visitors!

Ran all over town for Saharah and all I got was a robo-floor.


Phineas showed up three days in a row. I scored this pin wheel, a lavender balloon, and a cool blue bunny balloon!


K.K. gave me a cool new tune that is a welcome change in the house. No more Go K.K. Rider!


Of course Pascal shows up and I forget to hand him a scallop. No Pirate's Life for me...


Finally had some company in the Roost! Had coffee with Miranda and then Kapp'n showed up!


Chatted with Pete last week.


And got my DLC gift yesterday!

• New Catches!

Obviously it took me a couple tries. Running north and pulling out my net with the wii-remote directional pad was the winning strategy.


Marcel didn't believe me.


After hours and hours of searching, I finally caught the tuna. It's almost the end of tuna season so I was really excited about this.


After accidentally selling my last barred knifejaw, I caught one right after the tuna!


How awesome is that?!?!


Museum. Looking pretty full!

• New Tools!

Silver watering can.


Golden sling shot.

• New House Re-model!

So...tall!

And in other news.....


Yes! Go, go, go!
Astrid has been threatening to leave for what seems like ages. I've been whole-heartedly encouraging her to go. Anyyyyy day now, I'm hoping she'll be packed up and ready to go.
While I hate to say I don't like her, I do have to say she has been nicer than in past experiences living in the same town together.

Yeah. We'll remember you, Astrid. Now move on!

In other neighbor news, our dear buddy Static asked me over to his house! What a nice surprise!


But the small talk didn't last long. Static got down to why he actually invited me over: to buy his crap.

I went ahead and bought a folk guitar from him. As I was leaving, he stopped me to say this:

Awww, Static. He's just a little lonely. He's definitely one of my favorite current neighbors.

And that's about it. Spring is treating Alleria very well, growing lots of healthy fruit trees and lovely flowers. And we're always looking for new friends! Come visit us!

And remember: