too picky?

When it comes to dating... I'm a chicken.  I hang out with a guy for a while, and then notice one little thing that isn't in my picture of the ideal guy for me, and talk myself out of letting it go anywhere.  I turn down dates because guys--who are great guys--maybe never finished college, or something else along those lines.  But a couple of weekends ago, I met this guy, and really clicked with him.  There are a couple of things on my list of the ideal guy that he doesn't have, but they are all more arbitrary things like college.  He's a great guy and has SO MANY of the things I'm looking for, but that so many of the guys who do have the checklist items like a four year degree are missing.  I went out with him this weekend and had a great time, and I was telling my best friend about it today and she said "don't talk yourself out of liking him."  Because I do really like him.  So, I'm going to take some deep breaths, and see where it goes--maybe somewhere, maybe nowhere, but this time I'm not going to let myself sabotage it like I so often do.  I'm well aware that life isn't perfect, people aren't perfect, but I have trouble remembering that I'm not going to find a "perfect" guy either.  So... deep breath... I'm going to give this one a real shot!