Photoshop... My New Favorite Toy

I have been playing around with some of my pictures in photoshop, which I recently purchased.  I have been having a lot of fun, but man is it time consuming.  I sit down to tweak something just a little and look up an hour later and wonder where the time has gone.  Here is a sampling of what I did today (keep in mind I am still learning):

Before                                                                                         After