that black sunhat made your character look like they are freshly widowed for the 3rd time and all of their partners have died of mysterious causes honestly very fitting for a spooky island.
If it helps to remember the hedgehogs' names, a maybelle is a bluish-purple flower with spiky petals that kinda look like Mabel. And a sable is an *adorable* little brown woodland animal.
Hitting rocks lowers shovel durability but the shovel can’t break during that So when you show up to the money tree your shovel is on durability 0 from hitting all the rocks so as soon as you use it again it immediately breaks I think this is how it works, not 100% sure though :)
I remember the hedgehogs names this way: in the song Santa Baby, she asks Santa to "put a sable under the tree". She's asking for a fur, and furs trend to be brown. Aka Sable is the brown hedgehog.
The easy way to reach 3 stars is by placing custom design mannequins all over the island. They still count as 1x1 furniture items, no effort to clean up, easy to reach 3 stars without placing much else, plus you can get the rock garden over with right away which is nice.
I really love this series! I actually haven't seen any other 30 day challenges for the game yet myself so you're the first! (Though I have been subscribed for quite awhile). Also, happy late birthday!