I am engaged to be married, as of last night.

Actually a bit of an odd story: I had bought a ring, wrapped it in a small box in a bigger box in a bigger box, and put it in the pile of xmas presents. Slated to be opened on Sunday, of course, when I planned to ask Jen to marry me.

Last night my girlfriend took me out to a very swanky dinner (Le Gourmand in Seattle) and beat me to the punch. She'd bought a ring too, apparently. I got a fair number of amused looks from the staff and other diners; when Jen mentioned to the waitress that we were engaged, she asked to see the ring (looking at Jen, of course), and I sheepishly raised my hand to show it. (There should be a "blushing" smilie for this.)

So we got back home, and I mentioned that after such a great dinner, she should open one of my presents, and tossed her the ring box...

Not the way I'd anticipated this working out, but it was suitably ironic and weird. A good fit for us, I think.