Like youself I am a PPL A flyer and decided to buy a cheap weight shift microlight recently to help reduce the finacial burden or so I thought. It was quite a suprise to me what a significant difference it was learning to fly this kind of craft. It is enjoyable but so different.
Its left me with a bit of a dilema as I still want to fly the fixed wing aircraft and continue with the weightshift. So at present Iam paying out for both. I am sure it was a good plan when I thought it through.
Good luck with your plans