Jessica Simpson Spotted Out In New York City

Dressed for the chilly east coast temperatures, Jessica Simpson was spotted out and about in New York City on Monday (November 29).

The paparazzi caught up to the “Come On Over” singer as she headed into her Big Apple hotel donning a trendy gray winter coat paired with some gray knee-high boots.

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Jessica Simpson: Fiance Hid Ring "In A Shoe"

Jessica Simpson's fiance Eric Johnson was super-sneaky planning his Nov. 11 proposal.

As Simpson, 30, explained during a Tuesday appearance on the Jimmy Fallon Show, Johnson, 31, was in cahoots with her parents Joe and Tina and her little sister Ashlee Simpson-Wentz about the impending moment.

"He had talked to my dad, he had talked to my mom, he even talked to my sister. Everybody knew but me!" Simpson said, adding her family kept the secret "for about three weeks."

As for her $150,000 ring? "He kept the ring hidden in a shoe at my house," the star said of the Neil Lane bauble, a 5-carat ruby (Simpson's birthstone) flanked by 3-carat diamonds.

When he finally popped the question, "It was at my house," Simpson said. "It was romantic that he actually asked me at my house, because that's my little safe haven."

The star will be spending Thanksgiving in NYC with her hubby-to-be -- and, for the first time, the native Texan will be doing it vegan style to please her health-conscious man.

"For Thanksgiving we have to make a Tofurkey!" Simpson said. "It doesn't sound right! It's gonna be jiggly and weird."

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Ashlee Psyched About Jessica's Engagement

How has Ashlee Simpson-Wentz been doing since hearing she'll be gaining a brother-in-law?

"Everything is so exciting!" Jessica Simpson's younger sister exclusively told E! News Tuesday when asked how she felt about big sis getting engaged to NFL alum Eric Johnson.

Well, that sounds about right.

Simpson-Wentz, who's been an old married lady for two-and-a-half years now, was also overheard gushing about son Bronx at the Solstice Sunglasses launch in Hollywood, telling a fellow guest, "He's getting so big!"

He sure is. Mom and dad Pete Wentz are already planning his second birthday party!

"It's going to be amazing," Ashlee told E! of the fiesta planned for this weekend at her parents' home in Encino.

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Jessica Simpson & Eric Johnson Are Engaged!

Jessica Simpson is off the market!

Sources confirm to Us Magazine that the singer, 30, became engaged to beau Eric Johnson on Thursday, just days after Us broke the news that her ex-husband, Nick Lachey, popped the question to Vanessa Minnillo, his love of nearly five years. Simpson and Lachey, 37, split in 2005, after three years of marriage.

On Saturday, Simpson flashed a sizable ring on her left hand during an appearance at Dillard's at Oak Park Mall in Kansas City.

The Texas native began dating the former NFL player in May while he was estranged from his first wife, stylist Keri Johnson; their divorce was finalized five months later.

Though Ashlee Simpson-Wentz recently told Us that her sister "is happy, so we're all really happy," sources insist that most of Simpson's friends are concerned about Johnson's motives for dating the singer.

"Eric was never that successful in the NFL, but he's always wanted the celebrity lifestyle," a source told Us in October. "Her friends do not trust him."

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Jessica Simpson 'Happy' For Nick Lachey

Jessica Simpson is wishing ex-husband Nick Lachey all the best in his second shot at marriage.

"I am extremely, extremely happy for him," the singer-actress, 30, told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Thursday. "I couldn't be more happy for Nick."

Simpson dismissed rumors that she wasn't thrilled to hear that Lachey, 37, got engaged this month to girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo, 30.

"I don't know where all those rumors came from," she said. "My mom actually called me and told me that everybody was saying that I was 'saddened.' And I was just in complete shock."

She added: "You know, our relationship was over a really long time ago, so it would be nice if everybody could move on with us and really just celebrate the love between him and Vanessa. I do, and I wish them nothing but the best."

Simpson and Lachey split in 2005 after three years of marriage. Lachey and Minnillo began dating the following year.

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Jessica Simpson Talks Weight And Insecurities

Jessica Simpson says she's taken a beating by being scrutinized by the press for her fluctuating weight and public romances – but the singer focuses on the good things in her life.

"There's no way you're not going to be affected by the ugly things people say about you," Simpson told USA Today at the Women's Conference in Long Beach, Calif., Monday. "It's very hurtful. It definitely brings up a lot of your own insecurities."

But Simpson, who says she's "the happiest I've ever been," is focused on the positive people in her life, rather then the ones who only want to bring her down.

"It takes a great family and wonderful friends – and love definitely helps, too – to get through it," she says.

Simpson, who just turned 30, says she's at the perfect place in her life. "I love being 30," she says. "The moment I turned 30, I really did feel a switch in my life … I had this coming of age moment … I love the woman inside of me."

The singer, who has been very vocal about her adoration for beau Eric Johnson, continues to praise the man she says, "brings out a lot of light in me."

"He definitely makes me happy and makes me very comfortable being who I am," she says. "It's nice to be with somebody who praises you for all the right reasons."

So, are wedding bells in the works for Simpson and Johnson? Not yet, says the singer, but "[I] definitely dreamed of being married my whole life and having children, so hopefully that's in my future."

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