Visual Studio Edition Question

Question

I am fairly new to programming and have previously spent some time working to learn c++. Recently I have decided to change my focus and instead work with c#. I am a stay at home dad who will return to the workforce in about 2 years and I am looking to take a job as a programmer. I plan to focus initially on windows desktop applications while learing. I have a copy of VisualStudio.Net 2002 Standard Edition I recieved with a book I purchased. I have been using this for about a week now. My question is, would I be better off using that or downloading and using VC# 2005 Express Edition? Yes, I am a cheapskate, lol.