Tarbaby,
Last year in May I had this same question. I had been sailing for only 5 months. Or I should say, I had just touched a sailboat for the first time 5 months before I bought my boat.

I settled on the Mystere 4.3. It is a very forgiving boat and handles very well. It has all three sails. After a year with it sailing just occasionally (I also completed my last year of grad school so didn't have a lot of time) I can single hand it with the spinnaker up. It isn't pretty but I can manage.
The boat is reasonably priced and at just under 300lbs I can get it on and off a trailer alone. You should be able to right it without assistance as well. That makes 'finding the limit' a little less scary.

I also really really like the Blade and will probably look at them for my 'next boat'. However, the Mystere 4.3 is a bit slower (or maybe that is just me) and much less expensive so makes it a better first boat.

The down side is there are not many around and unless you live near Canada you will be hard pressed to sail against another one.

Lots of fun, great boat to learn with. I have heard some say that you should start with a non-spinaker boat and work your way up. I really don't agree. Spinakers are relatively new to sailing but I am 'newer'. Everything on the boat was new to me. The Spin is no more 'new' than the main from my point of view. Learn them all at once. Then all three will seem natural to you.

Oh, and the Mystere doesn't have daggerboards. There is also a metal strip that runs along the bottom of each hull.
That means that you don't have to think about the boards and you can sail right up onto the sand and not worry about the bottom.