I'm still fairly knew to TBT so I can't name anything noteworthy that's happened just yet.
One cool thing that happened for me in New Leaf though was Mira sending me a throne for saying her house was cool. It was only after looking through my catalog that I realized that this throne was worth 800,000 bells. I don't even know where to put it but I don't have the heart to sell it. It was way too sweet of her.
My first day here I got Ankha for free, and she just gave me a throne today. I have plans for it once I get Gracie's Gorgeous set
For me, the best thing was actually not exactly in-game. (Sorry, this is long D: )
New Leaf was my first Animal Crossing game. I'd vaguely known of it before, but never played it. Well, the first recognizable thing I saw in New Leaf was K.K. Slider. I remembered from from the trophy in SSBM and was so happy to see him. I came to learn about him as a character and, around that time, Chuggaaconroy had started his ACNL LP. So I was playing my first town along with him and he helped me discover the song "Stale Cupcakes." For some reason I just really adored it and someone made a comment about it sounding like K.K. Slider having a really sad birthday party.
So it sparked an idea and I ended up writing a 17 chapter fanfiction that wasn't meant to go anywhere. I did a one-shot and when I showed my boyfriend, he teared up. He thought it was so touching. That meant more than anything to me. I turned that one-shot into a chapter and proceeded to write the entire thing. It had its flaws, but I was so damn proud of that story and, strangely, very sad when I finished it. I wanted it to last forever, but it knew where to end and so it ended.
My boyfriend loved it. He's not even an AC player, but he loved that story and thought it was very touching. I love this game because it spawned such a creative idea and one of my first finished pieces in ages. Took me out of a really bad rut. So I forever have respect for Animal Crossing and forever love K.K. Slider because of that. If I ever need inspiration I just put Stale Cupcakes on repeat and chill for a bit, because all I need to help me write is the knowledge that I was able to write something beautiful once, and I have the power to do it again.
Haha, so...I guess to bring this full circle and help it fit more into this thread...
The day after I finished the fanfiction, Lucha (my first moved in villager and current favorite) sent me a letter stating that whenever he hears Stale Cupcakes, he thinks of me. I was legitimately floored because of the timing. I sent him my Stale Cupcakes music box and a copy of the song. It's still playing in his home to this day <3