Welcome to the hobby - you're going to love it.
As you will notice from the responses, it will help you immensely to find a club and an instructor. I recently bought a trainer kit at a yard sale for $40. It was a complete Hangar 9 Alpha 40 trainer package (plane, radio, field box, electroncs, etc) that had been wrecked. The guy who sold it was getting out of the hobby because he could not fly it. He was one who thought he could buy everything and 'just go fly'. He said he flew it for about 10 seconds then "it crashed". He did not seek out any instruction beforehand. The whole package probably costs $400. I hate to see someone quit because of that. If he had only known about RCU, he probably would be flying today and loving it.
Don't become another statistic - find a club and an instructor. Keep us all informed as you progress because your posts could help someone else who is just getting started.

All the best.
Richard



P.S. Oh yeah, I am repairing the plane. The damage looks bad, but it's amazing what some epoxy and wood can do... Everything works but it needs a new prop and fuel tank. $40 well spent I'll say...