New hobby

So today I bought a telescope. I should really take a photo of it for reference but here's a pic of it from online:

It currently stands taller than me. In fact tonight I mostly stood on tiptoes to look through the eyepiece...
I didn't have time to read the manual today so I went for the point and hope method and found the moon quite easily. It initially appeared as a blurry blob until Andy pointed out that there was a control to adjust focus.
Once adjusted I was genuinely impressed by what I could see. The visible detail is amazing. I quickly switched to my 10x lens and got even more detail of the moon's surface. Wanting to try out everything I had, I then added my 2x barlow lens which in theory doubles your current magnification.
Unfotunately this proved to be a bit too much and I'm not sure if I nudged the scope while I was attaching the lens but I lost the moon. I switched back to my 10x lens and then my wide angle lens but the moon was nowhere to be seen.I tried lining it back up with my red dot finder but in the end it took me nearly and hour of randomly scanning the general area to get the moon lined up again.
Once my panic was over I decided to go for something a bit more ambitious. The M42 nebula is supposed to be quite easy to see and Orion (where M42 lies) was clearly visible so I swung my scope round and had a go. Sadly, even with my starchart, I couldn't work out where I was aiming and I had to give up.
I swung back round to the moon and snapped a shot or two by holding my camera up to the eyepiece. The pics are a little blurry but you get the idea:

This pic was taken with the wide angle lens. I can highly advise clicking on this pic to see the detail since it isn't immediately apparent in the small version embedded in this post.
All in all it was a good first night although I clearly have a lot to learn...