all god's chillen got shoes. . . even me

[jazzfish]

A couple months ago I went and saw Coraline, with some lovely people. At the end there was a secret word of some kind.

That night I was poking around on the movie website, and found a place that seemed to want a secret word of some kind. So I went ahead and entered it, and answered a question about the film, and found myself entered to win a really neat pair of shoes.

"Sure, why not," I said, gave them my info (including shoe size), and thought no more about it.

Until I checked my email in Vancouver after getting lunch with uilos and Cynthia, and saw a subject line of "Congratulations - You have been selected as a winner in the Coraline Nike Dunks Giveaway."

I think I said "Huh!" Followed by "But I don't even wear shoes!"

They got here today. They're rather nice as size 10 shoes go. They're also too narrow for my 9.5EEEE feet: I could wear them, but they'd get stretched around my toes. (Same problem all normal shoes have.)

So. . . what do I do? The going rate on eBay seems to be on the order of $200. I'd feel really weird just selling them. . . but I also feel like someone else would appreciate them a lot more than I do. I'd wear them, but then they'd fall apart relatively quickly.

I'm definitely wearing them to work tomorrow, because I told my coworkers I would. I think they may collectively die of shock to see me in shoes.

Any thoughts?

Comments

[jadine.livejournal.com]

Sell them and donate some or all of the money. That way they go to someone who really, really wants them, and it maximizes your flexibility for using the money to do good elsewhere.

[jazzfish]

I think that's what it's gonna be. Probably best to sell it now, while the demand is high, instead of waiting for a Good Cause to pop up. And keeping them is pretty much out, what with that whole "making my foot fall asleep" problem.

[idoru.livejournal.com]

CBLDF!