Hi folks. First time poster here so please excuse me if i've overlooked some glaringly obvious route to some faq's that would take care of my wondering's.

Last Christmas, the wife got me a Nikon D40x with the standard issue 18-55mm lens which i've been using as and when while trying to make sense of the world beyond happy snappers.
I'm still a novice in terms of understanding the complexities of the subject but i get some nice results. So, now with Christmas almost here again, er indoors would like to get me something to expand and perhaps improve with and i'm thinking maybe a lens such as the relatively inexpensive Nikon 55-200mm F4.5-5.6G AF-S VR DX . A good next step?