Tricks for social situations

I've got my b-day coming up in a week. Don't usually do much for it, and now that I'm boyfriend-less, I really won't be doing much.
However, this weekend I am heading up to Santa Monica because some friends from Australia are coming in to town. I have no desire to drink, and I get full pretty quickly, however I know they will want to eat out so I'll have to be strong and keep to very basic food items.

I love some of the responses you gave to the questions. I've simply replied with, I'm not feeling well, or I'm just not that hungry! lol