Hi Tiffany, 
My name is Sandra.  I had the lapband inserted on 8/12/2009.  I am sorry that you are having trouble getting out with your friends.  I am worried about the same thing.  I was thinking in the line of movies or shopping.  except movies for me involve eating popcorn which I am told is a no no for life.  and shopping usually means spending money.  Did you have much of a problem getting things down after surgery?  My dr overfilled my band and I could not get anything down.  finally after 3 days in the hospital on IV's he backed it off 1cc and I still feel very tight.  I spit every liquid back up and it comes up continusly at night while I am laying down which makes it very hard to sleep.  Did you experience any of this?