Here's what I did over the years... took landscaping classes at the community college and landscaped my house.

Joined the church

Joined the church choir

Joined the recently divorced support group at the church

Went with some of my newly divorced support group member friends to single's events around town (EEEK... I like Match.com a LOT better than those singles dances!)

Joined a social club.

Joined a health club

Got personal training

Went to Jazzercize (no men there, but lots of company)

gathered work friends around on Friday nights for happy hours. Every week it seemed there was SOMEONE's birthday to celebrate. We checked out the local night clubs & pubs around our workplace & found the ones that had the best free or cheap happy hour food. We kept it close to the office to be convenient and spouses/dates were welcome. When our bosses gave us access to the computer system, we set up e-mail lists so everyone would know WHERE they could join the gang on any given Friday after work. The local club owners loved us for all the people we'd show up with... a bad night would be 10 people, but we averaged about 25-30 on any given Friday, for at least an hour after work.

Oh, and someone I met at a happy hour one night gathered up a group of us to start going to salsa & swing lessons at the local VFW on Thursdays.

for a while, I was booked more tightly than my husband's (over-booked) teens are... and with more variety: Personal training M, W & Fri at 6 am; support group Monday nights, Landscaping class on Tuesdays after work. Choir practice WEdnesdays, Salsa/swing dancing Thursdays, Happy hour on Fridays.

I get exhausted just REMEMBERING it. No WONDER I spent lots of weekends vegetating if I didn't have a date!