Stevo - welcome aboard!
Let me suggest you get a free planeterium program to see what are the brightest things visible, Cartes du Ciel is excellent (15MB):
http://www.ap-i.net/skychart/cdc276/cdcin276.zip
Also a decent pair of large binoculars are great, I prefer 80 * 20s (and very affordable under $200 at Andrews Communications)
http://www.andrewscom.com.au/site-section-11.htm
And a comfortable chair is an excellent accessory
Finally if your scope is equatorially mounted, learn how to polar align it to celestial South.
http://www.btow.com.au/pdf/tips/how%...equatorial.pdf
If you are backyard observing pick a spot and mark 13 degrees East of magnetic South and an elevation of 34 degrees to the horizon, to speed up all future set up times.