I'm evening my collections.  I got a lot of gerberas last night.  I'll even the flowers up when the lilacs appear in Christmas Alley.  I'll check to see if any of the other collectibles are around (as yet).

WendyDarling wrote:

Well I was totally stupid and kept playing the quest over and over, not realizing the yacht had all 3 bouquets in it already. 
I couldn't decide between the two approaches, evening up collections from last year or doing the flowers ad nauseum.  I've done the flowers today, I'm not even sure where the items I'm short of are located.  I have shuffleboard all week, so the seems like it will be the easiest for me.  I actually kinda wish we could only complete each collection once for the gold reward, then it would be a pleasant diversion instead of feeling pressured to get as much gold as you can.

So just do the collections once.  Nobody is putting pressure on you.  I'm putting a mild amount of pressure on myself to earn some gold, but I figure I'll really get serious next special event and do that turtle and the flower shop ad nauseum.   I'm doing the flowers this time because I already have oodles of carnations, roses and tulips left from last year.  My other collections are empty - I sold the extras for 1-2 bars of gold after I lost all my glitch gold.

How much gold I earn will depend on what day the quest for the lilacs arrive.  I hope it shows up on a day when I can play a lot.  I'd like to be able to get at least 60 lilacs to go with all the roses, tulips, and carnations I already have.

WendyDarling wrote:

Just do the collections once.  Ha.   Travolta's has been through it last year but Shagcat just started in late June.  For some reason I thought he had 100 collections but he didn't have any!!!  So I want to build him up.  He only has the 2nd vehicle so I'll need a lot of gold just for that.  I'm like you, though, hoping the lilacs show on a day I have lots of time to play.  I have a tournament tomorrow and then 2 each of the next two weeks so I will only be home a few waking hours.

You're the one wishing there was no pressure.  Either you want to earn the gold or you don't.  I want some, but I'm not going to kill myself trying to get it.  If all else fails, I can try to win some in the star slots.  Still have over 400 stars.

You thought a game you started in June had 100 Valentine collections?????  What calendar are you using?
 

WendyDarling wrote:

Just do the collections once.  Ha.   Travolta's has been through it last year but Shagcat just started in late June.  For some reason I thought he had 100 collections but he didn't have any!!!  So I want to build him up.  He only has the 2nd vehicle so I'll need a lot of gold just for that.  I'm like you, though, hoping the lilacs show on a day I have lots of time to play.  I have a tournament tomorrow and then 2 each of the next two weeks so I will only be home a few waking hours.

Just saw a post from somebody in Australia.  The quest for the lilac bouquet and the candy in a geometric box will arrive at midnight. 

Remember not to close out the quest and accept the reward (experience and coins) until you've collected as many as you want because once you close out teh quest, you can no longer get those items.
 

So I had to go to shuffleboard tournament yesterday...3rd Consolation, only one place worse but at least I placed... and then grocery shopping, and then dollar store shopping.  Hubby usually sleeps for a few hours in the evening but yesterday when I had my only chance at the lilacs? Of course not.  So I only ended up with 40 something.  Are there any other collections that I can still get multiples of?  My brain is just too frazzled to figure it out.