Nick, don't feel so bad!
We spent thousands on an architect (a good one with nice work) but decided to go with my gut at the last minute and find someone else. I had posted my plans (now deleted) on houzz and got a lot of criticism. A lot of those were things we couldn't get around because it's an existing home, but there were plenty of things that my gut was also telling me wouldn't work.
We've ended up with a smaller, very different plan with design ideas I hadn't thought of. There are still kinks to work out, but I feel way less nervous about sharing these new plans on houzz for a critique!
Q