Meetup is a great idea too. I've been watching it, but haven't really managed to find anything that's a good fit for me with an event happening soon that I can get to. (I do have my eye on a board-games group there, I figure that should be pretty low-key and fun!)

Here's another site for woman to find friends... but I don't know anything about it, I've just seen it mentioned: Girlfriend Social - Where Women Make Friends

I'm actually leaning towards the Circles one I mentioned before. You can also get a 6-month membership for ~$40, and apparently when your membership expires you can buy another 6 or 12 month one if you don't want to do month-to-month. (And of course, once you make friends, you can let the membership expire and keep the friends).

What I'm liking is the way they organize things. It sounds like they set you up with "connection circles" - informal, small meetings of women that have something in common. You can also (I think?) start your own circle, or meet people on the site. But the circles idea sounds nice, and they supposedly give you an agenda (like questions?) to make the meeting less awkward. It could work...

I'm holding off on joining just yet though, b/c I've got to get my diet issues back to stable. Way too much sugar this week. I think I'd bounce off the walls and scare people in real life!