Congrats dude!
It's been a winter for a month now and I slipped several times on my bicycle or sometimes even fell hard on my ass. Once I got my snow tires, I haven't felt any danger at all and I'll be riding my bicycle to school everyday. There's a lot of ice here in where I live, so walking makes you slip even more than riding on a bicycle unless you have snow shoes.
I know how you feel. It feels awesome doesn't it?