get the dob!
(i own two GoTo's but still think my first telescope should have been a dob)
having said that you are doing just the right thing-getting hold of a pair of binos and enjoying the night sky
do you know skymaps..that will be useful in planning a nights observing..once you have found all the binocular objects -or most of them -you will be ready to thoroughly enjoy a dob
http://www.skymaps.com/