New Look on my Website

I don't know about you... but I like to change things around all the time. I've mixed things up here on my blog and have played with a new look on my website.
www.catherinebybee.com

I looked into spending some money to have someone help me design a website, but holy cow... I don't know how some of you ladies out there are doing it. Who knew a website design and hosting could cost so much.

Tell me... do you pay to have someone design your site? Post a message, along with a link to your site and lets yak about some of the in's and out's of websites. Do you love yours, like yours, wish yours was like Author X?