Decision has been made. Date is dinner this Saturday. He's picking me up, even though I have a car. I suspect that he is Ridiculously Romantic, so I let him know that I'm not a big fan of fancy restaurants (which is true) so he doesn't go all "candle-lit dinner" on me. There are Expectations around something like that. Downside of tonight's phone call: realization that conversations between us will likely have regular awkward pauses. Am uncertain of whether or not this is a capital-B Bad Thing.
In other news, between Roommate E and me, we managed to spend $150 at Costco this evening. Ouch.