I understand why people say you just learn HTML by doing it. If you spend enough time fiddling and trialing you start to see a pattern in the code. Listen to me, I sound like I know what I'm doing, no?

Truth is I'm still really unsure about my planned switch from blog to website. For a start all the technical stuff is a real stretch, and the loss of some features weighs on me. It seemed like a logical progression but I wonder if I've made the right choice going down this path, if I should have done more research before I jumped into this solution.

The thing that works best about the new web shell I've bought is the online shop - I love it! It was easy to set up and I love how smoothly it works. It makes me feel really professional and business-like, and like my blogging has been lifted from the realm of time wasting hobby to start up business. Very exciting.

But at the same time it has brought on something of a web-identity crisis for me. Am I really a blogger or a business woman - do I want to chat or sell? Can the web site really do both given it's relatively unsophisticated blogging tools? Do I want people who buy my stuff to know about the rest of my life? Will trying to combine them lead to self-censorship and banal chatter? Should I maintain separate blog and shop sites- is it a good idea and do I have the time?

A girl can go mad thinking about these things! As always I would love to hear from others about the pros and cons of the one site vs split blog and shop sites deal.