Because she loves me...

Well...I didn't ask Stephanie the question on the eleventh. I had a set-to with her folks that evening, and we didn't get to have a moment.
SOOO...
On Monday, January the 12th, exactly one year to the day of my first date with Stephanie Jones, we wound up having dinner at an Italian place. I had the ringbox sitting on the table, so she knew I planned to ask...but she's known that for a long time. We've BOTH known, actually. But we finally got down to it, with the white box betraying it as a Jared's ring.
When I opened the box and showed her, I knew I had chosen wisely (princess cut, diamond filigree, and so on). We're now happily engaged, me and the lovely songstress who invited me to church so long ago (our first date! ).

Funny how things turn out, huh?