This is my in-laws old camera, a Samsung S1050. A bit old fashioned now I suppose, still uses these re-chargable batteries, however, it does have Aperture and Shutter priority plus Manual mode, so plenty for me to learn. My first wine in my local pubs beer garden today, lovely.
How exciting! Congratulations. Yours, then, is somewhat like my new Nikon Coolpix S9900. Aperture, Shutter, and Manual, in addition to Auto, and bells & whistles. So I too am learning how to coax the desired result and acceptable exposure out of it.
I recently had a new camera and saw a comment you'd made on someone's photo about having a new camera too. I thought it would be good to see how you get on learning your new camera while I'm learning mine... no pressure though, lol! ;)