oh then i ca help u, electrician for 25 years 
Well I think I got it figured out. THe original configuration of what I had was power source going to the receptacle and then to the switch. The thing that confused me, and actually still is confusing me is when I took the coverplate off the receptacle to investigate I was expecting to see 1 set of wires going in for the power and then another set going to the switch. But there are actually 3 sets of wires that come into the receptacle box. I know one is the main power, and the other goes to the switch...not sure what the 3rd is for.
So in the receptacle box, all the black wires were connected together, and the white wires were connected to the outlet. So I ran another wire down from the new switch and spliced the black wire to all the other black wires, and spliced the white wire to the white that I figured was with the power source. Everything seemed to work during the dry run...but after connecting everything and pushing the wires back something must have got disconnected because now my original switch is not powering the outlet but my new switch is working the new light fixture lol.
Is it ok to have 4 sets of wires coming into one box? Seems kinda cramped to me.
