Check out the "need help with my guitar" post.
I would also tell you to become familiar with the names of the strings, and learn where your notes are--this helps when it's time to learn barre chords.
Do you play any other instruments? If so, there's a lot you can "transfer" to the guitar and speed up your learning process.
Learn how to tune by ear, any beginner's book will cover this.
Get a chord book, or one of those nifty posters from Wal-Mart, or something.
God bless.