In reply to I'd rather be climbing:
> I'm bouldering at English 6a at the moment.
Why not try a pair (i mean buy a pair to use) and see what you think.
Down turned shoes are not down-turned any more when you stand on little edges, they can help you stand on stuff you otherwise couldn't because your feet would flop off, they aren't just for overhangs.
A nice pair of shoes may help you improve your footwork and if you are bouldering then you can take them off regularly so its doesn't matter if they aren't comfy for long routes.
There are other metrics in shoes then just toe up/down too, stiff vs sensitive, assymetric etc.
If you have good footwork you can compensate for a crap pair of shoes to a large extent.
Most of my peers seemed to go through a "tight shoes are amazing" and "i need 3 or four pairs of different shoes" epiphanys at about the 1-3 years climbing mark. At about 5 years they still have many pairs but more and more times they reach for the comfy shoes and comfort plays a role in the shoe buying....