it went down like this.....

i was picked to be a book fairy for

swirly girl's book project

and

yesterday

i was all "mission impossible" while roaming the streets of madison

~~

i had a few ideas as to where i wanted to leave her book to be found

so i staked out a few places

~~

first the hubby

{aka my partner in crime}

and

i ate lunch at

lazy jane's

on willy street

thinking this would be the perfect spot

but

the place was packed and trying to be invisible and sneaky inside that amazing place

was

going to be way impossible

{and there were only the two of us you know}

so

i just left a little

"a little swirly girl like"

note

on the couch

instead

we stopped in at my favorite store

ever

on state street

anthology

when i thought about this as a

"maybe let's leave it here spot"

but

in hoping to photograph the person finding it

i decided we had

to keep moving on

but

first i shopped a little bit and took photos because this place is amazing

{see the book hiding in this photo}

and

if you come and visit me i promise to take you here shopping

{okay enough of the bribing}

~~

so anyhow

we moved further down state street where it looked like all the action was

and

that was in front of

urban outfitters

{and yes i'll take you there, too}

here is where i decided to blend in with the crowd

and

really get my tom cruise act together

see

you can hardly notice me

and

then while casually looking side to side

i walked across the street where the hubby had spotted

the

"perfect drop off point"

and

then quickly and discreetly i turned back towards him

hoping nobody

had noticed anything

and

then we sat and watched and sat some more

~~

a few people walking by turned and looked at it

and

one young college kid with his friends really wanted to pick it up

but

they convinced him to keep walking

and

then we thought

how lucky we were that it was gorgeous outside

because

this could take all afternoon

at one point i told the hubby that i really really wanted to get the person taking the book

in a photograph

since i didn't think anyone else had

that had already participated in this world wide totally cool activity

when all of sudden this young girl appears

~~

after looking at it for a minute and then taking a photo of it with her cell phone

{we think}

she reaches for it

goes for the grab

quickly

and

keeps walking

while looking straight ahead

and

then just a bit further up the street

she opens the package and pulls out the book

and

i am like

"oh my gosh we did it....we photographed the person getting the book"

"SCORE"

~~

and

then just like that it was over

and

we headed back up state street with silly little grins on our faces

talking into our wrist watches

wondering if our undercover boss

had another mission ready for us

~~

we were on fire

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