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First off, when you pay to learn a skill, you are only buying the ability to learn the skill. The next time you level up, you will see that what you just learned will be available in the skill tree under it's respective category, and if that's what you want, go ahead and use your skill point there. Otherwise, it'll be waiting on you for later use.
As for the item in the cell that you want, I'm having a hard time recalling which item you are referring to, but any object that doesn't automatically go into your inventory when you click on it can be added to your inventory by clicking on it and dragging it to one of the 2 character portraits in the upper left corner of the screen. Whoever you drop it on will have that item in their inventory.
WOW!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" /> I actually got to help a newcomer before Raze or LadyRain!! Yaaaayyy!!!