Once again thankyou everyone for all the replies, really.
I must also thank Chrismar for the opportunity to try out his Omer fins at my course next month. Very Much appreciated I assure you.
So my thoughts at this stage are leaning towards Omer fins due to the possibility of Blade upgrades later down the track. Who knows I may feel the need to go deeper later on.
Just for the record, tonight for my nightly swim I borrowed my girlfreinds scuba fins & damn they felt stiff! I can assure you they aren't a cheap pair of fins (I should know, Mery Xmas Megan for 2006). My ankles as I type this are killing me, my flatmate recons this is cos I'm about as tuff as a pound of butter...... How does she use them????
Note to self: never do anything that may result in Megan booting me in the clangers, cos damn there must be some strength on those legs!!!!!
Either way the Omers won't have high expectations to live up to, as anything would feel better than these on my ankles!!!