Excellent shot and good use of local knowledge

The Skywatcher 150 Dobsonian is a complete scope with a very basic and easy to use turntable base, you don't need to buy anything else, though you will need a bit of room to store it because it doesn't pack away.
http://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/skywatcher-skyliner-150p-dobsonian-telescope...

I'd honestly forget about imaging through a telescope until you're sure it's something you are going to get into properly, to get consistently good results (like the stuff you can see on the net) you need to spend an awful lot of money. Telescopes fall into two distinct types, visual and imaging, for visual you want a bit of magnification combined with reasonable light gathering. For imaging light gathering is much more important and the glass needs to be much higher quality so it's correspondingly pricier.

That would be your choice and if you made it for a genuine reason as opposed just being bloody minded I'd support you. The shops owners clearly feel strongly enough about it that they are willing to take the hit from the few sales they might lose, accept it and wait till they're open or shop elsewhere.

+1 for the Dob if you're going buy a scope and the SW 150 is a great place to start. All the money goes on the scope itself rather than fancy mounts and electronics.

Possibly because the company was founded by a Hasidic Jew who thought that obeying the rule about work on a Saturday was more important than profit.

Either way shoot RAW and give yourself some room to adjust.

Avoid Seben scopes, the quality is very poor. You would be far better buying a half decent pair of binoculars for £60 if that's as much as you want to spend.

Consider this book as well - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Turn-Left-Orion-Hundreds-Telescope/dp/0521153972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391803544&sr=8-1&keywords=turn+left+at+orion

As for attaching a camera, definitely not, just the camera on a tripod would be far better.

The Adorama price for the MX1 is about £130 which is excellent if you live in the States but their delivery charges are huge to the UK.

I liked it so much I liked it! thanks

So she thinks you're not pretty enough to shoot then?