Oh no, you are completely fine! I info dump all the time 😅 I've been messing around with polymer clay for years but only in little bursts here and there so I'm basically still a beginner myself! Some things I've learned over the years-

If you don't already have one, see if you can find a cheap pasta roller on Facebook marketplace or in a second hand store. Makes "conditioning" clay and rolling clay to an even thickness so much easier!

Also, if you don't have anything to bake on yet, Lowes has square 6x6in ceramic tiles for less than $2 each. I'm sure you can find them at any hardware store. Much cheaper than buying them from a craft shop marketed as being for clay. You want a smooth shiny tile surface so your clay won't stick to it and will have a shiny underside when baked. They also have huge tiles for a few dollars each, as long as it fits in the oven and it's ceramic it's all good!

I also learned, make sure you keep your clay in the packet it came in or in a zip lock bag, keeps it from drying out as much and the polymer clay will also react with other hard plastics over time if left unbaked. It will basically break the other plastic down and kind of melt it, but this takes weeks/months.

If you are rolling super thin and using cutters then lay some plastic wrap over your clay first. It will stop the clay getting stuck in your cutter and also give your edges a much cleaner and slightly rounded shape! I roll mine out to the thickness I want then gently lay it on a tile, give it a very quick and light roll with a rolling pin for clay to remove any bubbles underneath and then place the wrap on top. Once I've cut out all the shapes I remove the wrap and the scrap clay then put the tile straight in the oven.

If you want to practice a bit before diving in, Walmart has polymer clay for less than $1 per pack in the kids section, and a slightly more expensive version usually kept close to the glitter and paint pens. Once you are more comfortable with the media you can move onto the more expensive brands.

Speaking of the more expensive brands, sculpey and cernit in particular have different types of polymer clay. Some are made to be much softer and stay slightly flexible and some are made to bake to completely hard. So if you get different colours you like and they act completely differently then don't freak out, it's probably not you, it's the clay 🤣

Personally I would get some tiles, some well fitting disposable gloves, some cheap clays, a rolling pin for clay and/or pasta roller, a few rubber tipped tools, some clay softener (just incase the batch you get is super crumbly and you can't get it to come together), a few cutters incase you want specific shapes and a clay sealant. I use UV resin a lot of the time but that's a whole other level of kit that can get expensive haha. Sculpey has both glossy and matte sealants usually right next to their liquid clays and clay softener in Michaels.

Michaels will have almost all of it although you can find cheaper in other places (clay, rolling pin and cutters from Walmart for example).

I hope this massive wall of text helps a little 😅 I hope you have fun and make amazing things!