Big Softie sock = big disappointment

It's been a rainy week and weekend here so I have finally had the time to finish the first sock and start on the second.  I did take a picture.... I'm almost embarrassed to share it with you: 

  

It is not at all what I had in mind.  It wouldn't be so bad, but the toe.... (I tried to cut and enlarge that part of the picture but can't seem to make it happen.)  Can you see it in the photo above?  It has this funky ridge that sticks out because the pattern has you bind off the toe by knitting the toe stitches together, instead of using the kitchener stitch.  Someone suggested to me that it would help keep you from being hurt if you stubbed your toe.  I'm pretty sure their tongue was firmly planted in their cheek when they said that.  The sock also looks like it will pill badly - the yarn is very soft and fuzzy.  And, it's probably a good thing that the pattern tells you to make a twisted cord and thread it through the stitches just below the ribbing (which I haven't done yet) because the darn thing would probably slide off your foot if you didn't tie it on!  So, what to do now?  I am really uncomfortable about giving these to anyone ~ the finished product really doesn't measure up to my gift-giving standards of quality.  I think I may just keep it and start all over again from scratch.  I really have to think about it, and give some thought to the person I was going to give them to, and think very hard about how I think they would feel if they got them.  Sigh.