This is the other site I made recently...
www.ilovemommy.co.uk
and the one which I'm actually using myself (the train shop was for my dad).
I used Virtuemart and Joomla but nothing else fancy as I don't know how to do it!
michelle x
Find a new template thats the default joomla template.
WWW.ROCKETTHEME.COM
they have awesome templates, i based my site on it www.mogbroker.com
Any questions PM me ill try to help you out , i have allot of info on the functionality and configuration side of VM