Ok, this is what i did and it worked.
I changed both the shop domain and ssl domain from store.funsockcity.com to www.funsockcity.com
I changed the base URI from / to /store/.
Everything seems to have straightened itself out. I am now able to check if my site supports HTTPS without seeing the 1.5 backend and can then activate SSL.
Thanks for your help in looking at possible issues, it helps to have others to bounce ideas off of and figure things out!