Just be sure you have the proper tools...
Most important (and this can not be stressed enough) is a decent soldering iron. Do NOT be stingy when it comes to that. Buy a quality one.
Also, pick up a cheap, simple electronics kit from RadioShack (I thkink it's called over there)
This one for instance: Velleman® MK102 Flashing LEDs Kit
That will teach you to solder along with the instructions on the Wiki here. These things are PoC to solder. My first job soldering was to chip PS2's ... You had to solder 16 wires onto one of the Playstations surface mounted processors... That was fun!
But the good thing is... Now I'm not afraid to take a soldering iron to anything!