Dolores Catania is headed down the aisle.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey star is engaged to fiancé Paul "Paulie" Connell after nearly five years of dating.

"I'm ecstatic!" Dolores told People in an interview published Nov. 12. "You know when you feel that happiness down in your gut? That's where this excitement stems from for me. I feel so blessed, I almost feel guilty! Like I don't deserve to be loved this way."

Calling Dolores, 54, "one in a million," Paul added, "I keep telling Dolores, she deserves that and so much more. She's an incredible woman."

Paul popped the question on Nov. 10 with a jaw-dropping 11-carat diamond ring, which features an enormous centerpiece stone framed by four more carats of sparkle and a band lined with princess-cut diamonds.

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