When I was in college I rarely had time for fun reading. My classes obviously required textbook reading and lots of projects. I spent most of my time making boards and floor plans.
However, when I was growing up in small town Iowa the library had been a very important place to get my Nancy Drew fix! So in college I would occassionally visit the public library and stumbled across the Mrs. Pollifax books (by Dorothy Gilman). Mrs. Pollifax is an older lady that walks into the CIA to volunteer to be a spy. Due to her ordinary appearance, age, and non-suspicious persona she gets the gig! She had many adventures that were solved due to her lack of experience and common sense.
Looking back it was probably my Nancy Drew “fix” for when I was older. I can only hope to be that adventurous and active when I get to a “certain age”. 
Through the years I have stumbled across a few of the books in second hand stores and I pick them and still enjoy them. Then last week I saw that there was a movie made in the 70′s!
So what better way to spend my birthday than watching a spy adventure from the 70′s! There is a certain cheesiness and crazy fashion that makes that era very fun! I do enjoy the books much more than the movie, since it doesn’t exactly stay in line with the books. But is was absolutely enjoyable to watch!
Pretty much a great birthday treat!
