Fancy people enjoy wine and hors d'ouevres, so that's what they serve at fancy clan gatherings. Feign interest in 19th c. scagliola tabletops, and get yourself to that gallery opening. Plus it never hurts to brush up on the parlance of the intelligentsia.
FRUGAN - living sparingly with regard to the detriment of one's wallet, environment, climate, society, and general sense of well being.
[i.e. the years I lived as a dumpster diver in NYC]