Cheap or FREE...which is better?

don't cha jus LOVE when you figure something out on your own (that you didn't think was possible). I feel so much smarter when that happens! so i'm working on the website for JDS(photography &design biz) and i've done my research, tried a few different web templates. the site i'm most impressed with is " livebooks.com "

clean, simple, professional, and functional, however, it's $40 a month. i know iknow, sounds like a deal right? i don't know if it's being married to my husband, or having a family of 5 on 1 income, but doesn't FREE sound like a better deal? I can host and my site on blogger for free in a blog template design. the only thing i pay for is my domain name(yearly).

so i have a 14 day free trail with livebooks. i will create the site there as well as on blogger and then i will be posting links on this blog for votes. any comments and feedback is always appreciated.