Go into the computer labs at your local collage campus and steal one... if anyone asks what you are doing... say you are borrowing it for a student film project... its how i have mine!
Fill a Sleeping bag full of your cloths.... best pillow... and you can always just run out the door if your box is on fire... i mean house... i live in a house!
Fish and Chips! Chip shops are a good place just to people watch... alot are like Dive Bars in the states.... Just watch out... they fry there fish in Beef Broth