Here are a couple of items you can also think about
Elenco Electronics ST-12 Soldering Tool Kit - this is a good value kit. Good value does not mean high quality. Just good bang for the buck. The solder sucker itself is about $6 separately and you get the cheap iron which you can use for screwing around until you get a proper temperature controlled, high wattage iron. I have a cheap iron that I use for that purpose and don't much care about it, using it to desolder old PCBs and general experimentation. The lead-free solder that the kit comes with probably is crap, see what the other guys say, but as far as I understand, leaded solder is easier to handle and better performing (and lead-free needs higher temps, bad for sensitive components). The iron stand you might be able to reuse. Wick is good, and will cost a few bucks separately too.
Helping Hands with Magnifying Glass - this is quite useful.