Shy girl giving mixed signals?

icepuffin
There's this girl whom I met on some course over a month ago. She's really sweet but super shy. I'm quite shy myself (unless I give presentations in front of people which for some reason I'm very confident... weird lol).

But anyway she gives dropping hints, or at least I think they're hints like, she kept talking about my Facebook pictures and how much she likes them. Then she'll say something about preferring mature guys and then ask how old I am, (not just once but 3 times so far she's asked that question which follows her age preference, almost like she's making sure - btw she's 18 I'm 23) She'll also keeping asking if I have a girlfriend (or one I might be linking up with). She would sometimes suggest which clothes she would like to see me wear. In class she'll attempt to sit next to me or near me, or outside class if we're in a group she'll sit near me like on the bus or in the park etc.. She gave me her phone number without me asking for it directly. On Facebook we will IM for at least an hour daily... but then again she does spend a lot of time on Facebook. She'll also laugh at things I say that I might not even be that funny lol.

But recently she's been a bit distant in comparison. Cos I'm generally a quiet person plus some family business was preoccupying me, I probably wasn't giving her my full attention and she may be backing down. 2 guys from the course have already tried to ask her out (so she tells me) but she wasn't impressed. If she was to date someone from the course, she prefers it to be until afterwards. Then there's this third guy that talks to her frequently, makes her laugh a lot, hangs with her most of the time recently but (without asking) she tells me their not dating and he's gay (she might be joking, I don't think he is, but she sounded deadly serious lol and embarrassed she even told me).

Now she's got quieter and even more shy when I'm with her OR that might be me now that I realise I really like her and I've become more bashful. She'll randomly say 'Hi' and giggle in a really embarrassed kinda way to me if we're just passing each other in class, whereas other guys she doesn't do that. She used to make eye contact but now she doesn't anymore, only for a split second if she notices me looking. I want to ask her out, in fact I will very soon after the course, but am I reading too much into this? Thanks for taking the time to read...

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So I asked her out and guess what?... she says yes! We're gonna go to a theme park, she likes the scary rides :)

I honestly didn't think she would agree cos I'm not that vocal compared to other guys (but I am active, I guess she like that more)
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Also when I mentioned going to Europe this summer, she wanted me to invite her along. At first I thought she was joking but was then really specific about it. And too think I was give up at one point lol. Thanks everyone for your answers :)
Shy girl giving mixed signals?
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