My old camera has long been a pain in the arse. Slow to turn on, short battery life (maybe 5 shots or so!), takes forever to take a picture, and even worse if you want to use the flash. I'd been talking up getting a replacement for a while. I'd done the research, I knew pretty much what I wanted, I just didn't have the cash at the time to follow through with a purchase.

Bolstered with good feedback on previous recommendations, I now own the Canon IXUS 75, and its very pretty. I haven't had a chance to take many pictures with it, but so far it addresses all the gripes I had with the old camera. Its got bucket-loads of extra features too. I'm going to have to start dumping shots into the gallery.

Watch out, this may yet turn into a photo blog...