Congratulations Tom!
Sounds like a very nice setup and a good step-by-step approach to the lenses. I have a 50mm f/1.4 as part of my Nikon kit and really like it for low light and night photography. I’m now lusting after the recently released but still-hard-to-get Nikon D200 as my first DSLR.

Have fun! We look forward to seeing pictures.