Fully agree with Minty, take your cash and try to get hold of a second hand Canon 400d with the 18-55 kit lens. With the rest, get the 50mm f1.8 for aropund 50 squid (the plastic fantastic), get a tripod and a decent sized memory card... and maybe some storage for your PC (yeah, you have to think about that as camera gear with a DSLR).
The use that and learn.
Its the basic kit I carry around now, but with a couple of other lens as and when I need it (10-20 for super wide and a tele-zoom)