if she added the caveat "or you can surprise me"
she wanted to say "No, dinner is a shit idea". So you'll either need to treat her to an ace meal, which will surprise her ("That wasn't as bad as I expected"), or come up with a better idea.

Or, she may think that you think that, which means that she doesn't mean that at all.
( masakatsu best of all the burger meats, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 2:03, archived)

i had considered this
but it got too complicated for me to think about it too long so i've decided to go for the simple option and do something besides dinner to surprise her
(Just Harry What should I put here?, Wed 15 Oct 2008, 2:06, archived)

Gimp mask and rapevan it is then.
:D
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Wed 15 Oct 2008, 2:07, archived)