Well done tomtom, sounds like you had fun. Your 25 and 10mm EP will give you plenty of enjoyment for a while. A couple of points from my own experience:
1. Buy good EPs (second hand ones from the trade section). Read as many reviews on them as you can (Cloudy Nights, Astromart etc). Try them out if you can get hold of some (where are you anyway?). It's false economy to buy 3 cheap EPs for the price of a good second hand EP as the good EP will last you for a very long time.
2. Double stars. One of the easiest double stars is Alpha Centuari, just "north-east" of the southern cross. A bright star, you can miss it. It will split with a 25mm easily.
3. Get hold of a star chart. You can download them over the net, showing you all the bright objects in the sky for the month. A couple of good reference books. I can highly recommend this one
http://www.dk.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisp...ts_Ian_Ridpath You can get it for about $15-30 depending on where you buy it from.
Oh, happy belated BD!
Bo