Welcome Luvrtroops!
CZ's are awesome! They're very comfortable in the hand, and amazingly accurate. I've shot a lot of guns in my time, and I have to say that my P-01 feels as though it were made for my hand - I have small "girly" hands
I did look at the S&W M&P, and the H&K polymers before buying my CZ, they were both very well made handguns. But as you mentioned, some of us are just "purists" and prefer our guns to be made of cold hard metal! Nothing against anyone that chooses otherwise......
I go to Woman&Guns occasionally. I'll see you there..............