![]() Another, in a full skirt and flat shoes I coveted, listened to her iPod, Of the taupe sofa and was calmly reading InStyle magazine she wore faded jeans and a cardigan, her red hair tousled. The other applicants seemed to be college girls like me. ![]() How I imagined a nanny should look-tidy, responsible, wise.īut I had gotten it wrong. That morning, pulling my hair away from my face with a large silver barrette, determined to look the part of a nanny-or My heels, and I had to keep reminding myself to take small steps so as not to rip the skirt's satin lining. I'd had some trouble walking up the steps from the subway in my low pumps and narrow skirt. Nearest the exit, where, feeling like an impostor in my gray herringbone suit from Goodwill, I could watch the competitionĬome and go. ![]() The chairs in the lobby of Discriminating Nannies, Inc., were less comfortable than they looked. ![]()
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