Blog Hosting Suggestions

So I've been wanting to find a good place to have a blog, and was wondering what others used or preferred.

Just to get this out of the way: Yes, I know most of you are technically savvy and I know I can host my own server and run a wordpress site or something like that. But quite frankly I do IT all day five days a week during my day job and have zero desire to set anything up like that in my free time. Lazy? You betcha.

Anywho, I have a Weebly site right now and it's, eh. I tried that one since it integrates with Square so I could easily add a shop page down the line for free. But I think I found another shop solution I'm going with so that benefit is moot and I don't have a good reason to stick with Weebly.

I'm experimenting with Tumblr but I think it's the UI maybe, but I just kind of hate Tumblr, like as a website? Not the users, they seem fine but wow I hate that site (I mainly use desktop).

What free and/or cheap tools or sites would you recommend for running a blog? Or maybe something that's not cheap but you think is super great, since somebody else might see this post and be willing to spend more money than me on another tool.