So that weird hippie beaver showed up again in Narnia this week. I'd heard from somebody in my travels that if you had a particular shell on you, he'd ask for it and give you some furniture in trade. I'd tried it the last time he showed up, but it didn't work. So this time, I ran along the beach and picked up every different kind of shell I could find, just to make sure I'd have what he was looking for. He shot me some bizarre "wisdom," then asked if he could have the scallop I was holding onto. I said sure, and he took it, but all he gave me before diving into the river to float on out to sea was a stupid barrel. Really? A barrel? How boring! Eh, I kept it anyway. You never know. And my basement has quickly become the place where I keep all my weird odds and ends. Like the Mario stuff I get out of the floating presents and the wheat field Tom Nook was selling this week. It was so weird I had to buy it.

Although Redd sold me another fake painting this week (damn his hide!), it was a good one for fossils as I finished a few of the dinosaurs in the museum. The only one that was really important, though, was the T-Rex. How awesome is that big guy? I know I should probably find out if I need to get any more winter fish or bugs, because once the season is over, you're stuck until it comes around again. And I rather enjoy trying to fill the museum with everything they can possibly exhibit. I'd love to keep adding paintings to the gallery... if Redd wouldn't be such a freakin' crook!

I was very surprised when Fang commented on my awesome facial hair. I mean, he was kind of stupid to think I grew the whiskers myself, but I guess it was just a really good fake one those Able Sisters sold me. Or Fang needs to get his eyes checked. Still, I've never had one of my animal friends pay attention to what I was wearing to comment on it. It's a nice touch that they've developed this power of observation. Of course, I had to get ready for New Year's, so my Santa outfit had to go. I'd made the town tune "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" for Christmas, so I changed it up to "Auld Lang Syne" for New Year's. (Now I don't know what I'll change it to!) I didn't like anything in my closet, and the Abel Sisters were kind of useless on New Year's Eve, so I headed into town to buy a nice tuxedo at Gracie Grace. I had gotten my shoes shined the last time I was in town thinking I should have black shoes to match my Santa outfit, but Kicks actually made them red, white and blue striped! Didn't match, but they looked so cool I kept 'em that way. And even with my tuxedo. They didn't really go with it, but they're so fun I don't have the heart to get rid of them.

As you can see here, I also decided to get my hair done for New Year's, and it unfortunately came out like I have gamma radiation poisoning. Just call me Doc Sampson, I guess. I liked the cut, but definitely not the color. But at 3,000 bells a pop, haircuts are pricey, and I didn't feel like running around again selling fish and fruit and whatever to get another 3,000 bells so I could try again. (That'll teach me to always have more than a few grand in my pocket when I go all the way into the city!) Of course, the other reason not to try again was in case it turned out even worse! But I had my nice outfit for New Year's, and opened up the town gate in preparation. Unfortunately, no one else showed up to visit and celebrate with me, so it was kind of a letdown. Tortimer handed out poppers all day, and I kept a bunch for fun later in the year. But nobody gathered at the countdown clock to enjoy the fireworks. Bud wandered by, but that was it. I thought I remembered last New Year's Eve in my old town, a bunch of people showed up to enjoy the celebration together. Maybe I'm remembering wrong. But you'd think they would anyway! So just like in real life, New Year's was kind of a whole lot of whatever. But the next day, Tortimer was still standing around outside of City Hall and handed out a 2009 T-shirt. It's cute! I don't know why he says no one else in town would wear theirs -- I love mine!

Last bit of news for this week is that Alli finally moved out. Not too sad to see her go. She was one of those boring, sweet ones. I like the grumpy ones like Fang and Octavian. Unfortunately, a couple days later, Olivia moved in. She started to seem a little sassy, but then she told me she was going to be a sweetie. Ick. Where are my cranky ones? I mean, Brad told me that Butch moved out of his town a little while ago, so I was really hoping he'd show up in Narnia. But no such luck. I love Butch. It'd be great to have him move into town with me again. But no. I'm stuck with the cute, sweet ones. Why me? Now I have to ignore Olivia until I drive her out of town, too. Not that it's working with Sally or Ankha... Oh yeah, as you can see, I got my hair did again. This time the cut was the same as I had originally, but the color came out red. Not great, but it's better than green!