Social Survival

I made it through the dinner with NO CHEATING. I was super bummed to discover that the first course was soup and not salad. And to make matters worse, the soup looked REALLY GOOD. Then I waved away the meat and potatoes and a nice, brassy girl at my table had the stones to tell the server that I was vegan and they brought me a salad. I REALLY nearly cheated with the delicious apple tart desert, but said brassy girl helped me stay strong and I ate a cherry pie lara bar instead! And people weren't mean about it! It was glorious! And I didn't even have ANY SWEET SWEET WINE. I am the captain of my ship.