Camera Shopping

I decided that I needed a new camera.
My old one is only two and a half or so years old, but it does not work. This is a very frustrating fact as I do not take pictures very often(Okay, never), so it should work right? I only really used it in Russia and at random times since then. Stupid camera. The point is, I decided to buy a new one. So I got some advice from friends and a guy at work who gave me way more detail than I needed or really even knew what he was talking about, and then I went shopping.
I went to Best Buy and spent forever being indecisive and looking at all of the cameras. I finally decided on one that I liked and had been highly recommended, so I talked to a vulture salesperson about it.
It's basically perfect: small, cute, nice, good quality, but it only comes in silver. Wretched. I know I'm such a girl, but I really wanted a cute colorful one. I really liked it a lot though, so I decided to buy it anyway rather than starting the decision process over. (Although, I must admit, I almost decided to start over just to spite the sales guy who thought I didn't see him roll his eyes at me about the camera not coming in colors.)
This is my lovely little Sony Cyber-shot. Here's the sucky thing: when I got home I pulled out my old camera to see if it takes the same kind of memory card(no I didn't think of that before I went), and guess what? Just my luck, its the same freakin camera! Newer model, smaller, nicer, better quality, but the same camera! (It does not take the same type of memory card, by the way.)
My camera breaks and what do I do? Go out and buy the same camera over. I think I am just tempting fate with this one.
Also, when I was looking for this picture online, I discovered to my dismay, that this exact camera comes in all sorts of beautiful colors...
How do these things happen to me?