I've jumped back into Skyrim after discovering mods.
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/, its best if you get the manager, it makes your life so much easier.
If there is an upgrade or compatibility patch with a mod never upgrade when it asks. Always overwrite. With skin textures that go together always overwrite.
Some mods I'm using.
Convenient Horses lets you put armor on horses, use them for storage, call them, and let your followers have a horse. There is a herding mod on that page. I haven't played with it yet.
Immersive Armor and
Immersive Weapons both add a ton of stuff to the game. Really cool.
Bandolier - Bags and Pouches adds more capacity and a cool look to your characters.
Left Hand Rings nuff said.
Character Creation Overhaul it changes everything. Your smaller elves can carry less crap while you big races like orcs can carry more stuff. One race has more magicka then another that sort of thing. You can then choose a class or create your own. I'm playing an orc warrior right now.
Run for your lives, makes it so in like Riverwood if you're visiting and a dragon attacks people run for cover.
When vampires attack does the same thing but with vampires. I was getting frustrated when people just try to fight dragons and vampires and end up dying. You're a freaking merchant!
Tundra Defense haven't tried it, but looks cool. Can build your own outpost.
Pumping Iron as you level your character starts to look a little stronger. Using two handed weapons give you a bigger work out. Smithing as well. Magic users don't get that much muscle building experience.
Magic Duel you know how in Harry Potter when two wands shoot their energy out and they explode in the center? This does that.
Smeltdown Items to Ingots turn the junk you pick up into ingots. Its great for Hearthfire, you can pick up some iron swords and smelt them down to ingots.
Legionettes Makes the Imperial army less of a sausage fest.
Ethereal Elven OVerhaul makes the elves look a little prettier.
SkyUI Makes everything a little sleeker and easier to work with. I enjoy it.
Enhanced Blood Textures turn Skyrim into a Robert Rodriguez movie. If you get the Dismemberment mod turn Skyrim into Game of Thrones.
Magicka Sabers lightsabers. Needs no explanation.
Highland Milk Farm you can milk cows. Buy milk, buy breakfast, things like that.
Skyrim Tycoon buy farms and lumbermills. Be a capitalist pig.
These following mods require a texture for women called DIMONIZED UNP, also a Mature texture that goes with it that adds more detail like moles and scars looks nice. Its highly NSFW or family around. You can mod it further where it puts undies on the women. Though with it, people have created great mods for it. You can look it up yourself, don't want anyone to accidentally click on it.
Noiral a race someone made and it is absolutely well done. Its a race that isn't some elf copy.
Light Elven Armor not so flashy or skimpy armor. Its pretty well detailed, can be made into armor or just clothing.
UNP Female Armors puts the breast in breastplate. Its not all skimpy anime armor or anything like that.
Some are so... nice...
Some mods I did try, but don't use anymore.
Enhanced Towns and Outposts adds more detail to the cities, villages, and outposts. Takes some computer power to use. You should use the Steam Workshop to download this one. I can't find it on Nexus.
Frostfall survive the harsh coldness of Skyrim. Goes great with the
Cloaks of Skyrim mod and bandolier. Frostfall makes you carry a ton of junk to camp out and carry firewood.