You're a homeless person. Someone gives you $50. How do you spend it?

I’m just now revisiting this thread and realize that I did, indeed, completely miss your point. My apologies, and thank you for your subsequent thoughtful posts.

In my defense (where “defense” equates to “lame excuse”), I had just popped in from the Clusterfuck and was on a recreational outrage high.

Underwear, soap, blanket, then the best shoes I could get from what is left

Because that would be the right thing to do.