1) Depending on where you live... plan an entire family day *if families are living close to you guys* to a landmark near your city. During the day *Dont tell anyone the plan* propose when you are in the most beautiful spot or near some flowers.
2) If you dont like the parents/in-laws: Dont invite them. (Wont get NEARLY the brownie points w/ the in-laws though)
3) Make reservations at a restaurant and talk to the chef/staff manager ahead of time and give him the ring to bake into you're girls favorite desert. Once the desert course comes around, get ready to prop down on one knee.
4) If she usually gets home from work later than you: Get a TON, I MEAN A LOT, of rose peddles and make a path to a set location. At the end of the location should be a HUGE box wrapped. In that box should be a series of wrapped boxes until the very last one w/ the ring in it. Attached to the ring should be a note to meet follow the rest of the rose peddles to another location. At this location have a table set for dinner w/ her favorite bottle of wine (if you are 21+ years of age) and her favorite meal ready.
5) If she seems to be a kind of girl that LOVES baths... go to a specialty store and have them put the ring in a bath soap (a place like LUSH could do this) that dissolves in the bath. Have it smell like lavender (all girls love that smell and its scientifically proven to relax people. Put this in a hot bath waiting for her with rose peddles and candles all light and the light either off or down low (if you have a dimmer). Once she is in the bath, make her use the special bath soap and it will drop while she is in the bath. ***MAKE SURE SHE SEES IT AND DOES NOT DRAIN IT!!!!!***
6) Spell "Will you Marry Me?" Out of roses with a heart in between "You" and "Marry" and in the middle of that heart have the ring sitting there...
if you need more i have a thousand ideas on how i'm going to do it....
*tear*
