Going out on a date(?)

[Weenie]

Hi,
I'm going out with this 2 year older girl. To give you the idea: shes a total 10/10, like a beautiful woman who knows shes beautiful.
She followed me on instagram, liked my stories and texted me first (in a friendly way ig). anyway, we text for like 5hours total in a span of a month. then i check my notifs on instagram and i realise she tagged me on her new post. I dont add her to story, cus we barely talked. But I text her more often. Some time passess and we keep texting, often staying up late in the night. I ask her out to a hockey game. She accepts. I asked her out a week ago, the game happens in 4 days. Except.. I told her Ill buy the tickets. and then..
"okay, but we dont treat it as a date?"
"its up to you how it turns out"
"well could it be a friendly hangout?"
So now.. is it possible to clutch? is she just testing me? yesterday when we talked around diff things she said "at the end its the personality that matters and youve got a really good one". my questions are: what could i have done better, is it possible to save and if yes what should i do?
Apologies if I make stupid mistakes - Im completely new to the community. .

 

[Weenie]

I should also mention she said Im good at compliments and I told her some compliments she hasnt heard before

 

[Thumper]

She's made it as clear as she possibly could that it's not a date. You can try to flirt with her by all means, but I wouldn't expect her to be receptive. She obviously likes you, but there's no reason to think it's romantic, so if you're not looking to make friends don't waste your time. With that said, a female friend is a very valuable thing so if you think you can accept that keep going.

 

[West_Indian_Archie]

Everybody here wants more rookie and newbies to post.

That said, what you're asking about is not really a pickup or a seduction question.

Is this your first date ever?