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Well everything depends on how much you two know each other ... And how much cash you're willing to spend. So start with the easy thing, how well do you two know each other?

Yeah, you wanna start off as friends. Imagine she's someone you wanna befriend. Talk to her, share ideas, have fun, etc. Then you'll be able to tell if she's warming up to you or if she's still keeping her distance. if she's warming up to you (You guys are spending more time together doing whatever), drop some innocent hints, such as...I don't know, if she asks you if a shirt looks good, you can tell her you don't know because she looks as pretty as ever. Stuff like that so that you can test the waters without getting burned. If she responds well, then you can make a more direct approach, such as asking her out. By then, it should be easier.

Wielder's also right. If this girl is truly something different, she's not gonna fall for a poser or for money or something like that. Be yourself and treat her like she deserves. That's the key.

I'd like to respectfully disagree with Karma, just from my own opinion, not that she's wrong, just different views.

I think dinner and a movie is a terrible 1st date type thing. I don't know how that whole thing got started. First of all it's very expensive for the guy, between the high price of movie tickets and even with a moderately priced meal, you'll probably be dropping around $40, which is like a full day's pay for anyone in the age range from 16-25. Second of all they are both bad settings for talking. You really don't want to have a full on conversation while your eating food, and being worried that your date is watching you eat, and forget talking at the movie theater. The movie theater should be entirely avoided until you've gotten past the cuddling barrier, then you have something to do during the movie. Otherwise your just sitting next to each other awkwardly the whole time, the boy wondering if he should take her hand, and the girl wondering if he's ever gonna take her hand. And if he doesn't, maybe he doesn't like her after all. This is all a really bad thing.

Ok anyways now that I'm done ranting, my advice to you is first try to get to know her in your mutual environment (ie if you met her at school, get to know her there, if you met her at work, get to know her there.) This is risk free for you because your not inviting her anywhere, but your still spending a lot of time together. The key is to try to spend a lot of time with her.

Then start to get creative with more ways that you can spend time with her, if it seems to be going well. Can you have lunch with her? Not to buy hers, but just eat together (this is a great at school activity). Can you walk her home from school, or give her a ride?

After this step is the "inviting her out" step, if your still too nervous to make it an actual date try to think of social activities, rather than just the two of you. An example of this is if your going out with your friends to do something invite her along. This way you get to hang out with her in a risk free social environment and she doesn't have to worry about being alone with you (girls sometimes have to worry about guys "taking advantage" of situations), and you can still relax about making the first move.

Ok you're done playing it safe, your ready for your first real date. My favorite date idea is to go on a walk with mild hiking involved. This way, it's a passive environment, where all you have to do is talk and enjoy eachother's company. But also if there's some hiking involved, you can use that as an excuse to "help" her, by giving her your hand and her taking it, bam! You broke the touch barrier.

This sounds like a long process, but really each step should only be 2-5 days (times you meet with her) long and you should be done with all this within a month. Otherwise if you take to long, she might lose interest or think your not interested. It's a delicate process where you don't want to overstep your boundaries too quickly, and you don't want to wait too long. Try to be sensitive to how she acts towards you and you should be able to pick up if she likes you, and there by giving you permission to continue courting her.

Hope this was helpful, Good Luck =)

Sagi makes a good point that I agree with. Dinner and a movie is NEVER a good idea for a first date. If you just met that person, if you barely know his/her name and you're not comfortable enough and want to make an awesome first impression, don't do this.

It's already been said but dinner puts the pressure on both. You're both trying to find something to talk about, you're both wondering if this is awkward, if you like the food, if you should make a joke or not, etc. Same with the movie. Should you make some comments throughout the movie? Would that bother your date? Is it awkward if you just sit and watch the movie? What are his/her intentions?

However, dinner and a movie are a great (And cliched) idea if you already know someone well and feel comfortable enough with that person. It doesn't have to be dinner a movie of course, but most people seem comfortable with this. You won't have to worry about stuff that much and you both know that the point of the date is to see if you guys should move on to the next level. If not, well, at least you tried. If she's okay with it, you'll notice. If she's not, you'll also notice and at least you'll know that you guys are better off as friends.

So start as friends. You don't wanna date someone you don't know or that you're not comfortable with, aka, date a friend. Believe me, it's all so much pleasurable and easy if you do that.

To be honest, the best date I ever had with a guy, he took me to block buster, we rented some movies, then went back to my place, coioked dinner while playing around, (poking eachother, cracking jokes, etc...) we ate then we sat and watched some of a movie before he had to go. It was probably the best version of the dinner and a movie thing I've ever dealt with because it's a more casual setting, a little cheaper in some instances, and it keeps the both of you more relaxed and casual about everything, keepping the awkward bits out of the way. Plus, it can be done anytime, from the "Just friends" stage to "Someone get the hose."