Adventures in an igloo

Mooching:

Look up fancy art exhibition openings.
Dress up and keep your head held high as you enter the gallery/art museum.

Smile at the mayor even though you don't know her.
A really good trick is to go up to her, shake her hand and thank her for a lovely time the other day (Don't worry, she's probably really polite and meets a lot of new people on a daily basis so she won't inquire about that last time).

Now you've made sure that everybody knows that you're chums with the in-crowd so now is the time to go for what you really came for, the food and drink.
It's a really good idea to bring a really big handbag filled with plastic bottles and Tupperware. Get your glass of wine, napkin and fancy finger food and head for the loo where you immediately start filling the tupperware and plastic bottles.
Go back for seconds, thirds and fourths as needed.

Now you can head to a friend's place. Please choose the friend carefully: You want a friend who's got cable and knows how to cook. Just make sure you knock on his/her door as dinner is about to be served- that's a guaranteed invite to a lovely and most of all free meal.

After dinner, sit down in the best seat in front of the telly, grab the remote and fire away.

Remember that you've still got the snack and booze from the art show to nibble on as you enjoy free cable, just make sure you don't eat it in front of your friend as he/she might be inclined to freeload off you- you wouldn't believe the lengths some people go to in order to save a few bucks!