I feel exactly the same but I'm trying to focus on something else and be positive. It doesn't seem to help though ):
I remember that I felt the same before the release date announcement. I bought my 3ds because I knew that animal crossing was going to be released on it. Well, I've had my 3ds quite long time now and when I bought it I thought that it was going to be released very soon... Oh well
Haha, I did the same thing! Well, to be honest I really needed a new ds since my ds lite had a broken hinge I was getting tired of dealing with. But, the draw of Animal Crossing on the 3DS was a huge deciding factor for me. It's finally about to pay off. And I won't even be playing New Leaf on my original 3DS since I'm getting the XL bundle! But, I do know that the guy who is buying my old 3DS from me will be playing New Leaf, so at least it will still get used for its intended purpose!