Congratulations 🙂
Go the whole hog … find a nice location, memorable, think of some very nice things to say about the life you want together and being happy you have found her – never want to let her go etc …
As above down on one knee
I did all of the above second time round. There was no element of surprise as plan was to ask at top of Rockerfeller Center and on first attempt agter a very nice dinner I was told tickets where all sold out for that day and to come back tomorrow – we had a very good laugh with the ticket sellers about this not being “part of the plan”
BTW wife to be choosing the ring is perfect !! Just fyi you can tell shop budget (in advance) and they will show rings to that plus you can negotiate the price. You can save a lot buying the stone from a wholesaler, settings are relatively cheap.