I heartily agree with John Hardly's comment, "guitar playing will help your mandolin learning......and learning the mandolin will help your guitar playing."

I keep my mando within reach almost all the time. It's definitely a 'happy' instrument. I always played the guitar 'fingerstyle' before I started playing the mandolin; and now I'm using the plectrum more and more. And I've gotten much better at barr chords since the mandolin came along.

And I can't recommend the Mandolin Cafe site enough. The folks are great, and I've gotten some excellent advice and encouragement from the forum there.

All the best, Áine