I was watching my husband fix his Dad's pizza oven this morning. I love watching him fix things, and walk around with jeans and no shirt on, and, well... anyway....

Another great way to be frugal is to fix things yourself.

But I have no idea how, you may say. Well, Spyros had never fixed a pizza oven before today, either. He opened it up by undoing a few screws and then saw that a wire was no longer attached. So he attached the wire, and plugged it back in.

Unfortunately it still did not work.

So he opened it up again, and saw that there was another wire unattached. So he attached that wire, and looked it over more carefully. After not finding anything else, he plugged it back in. And this time it worked.

Saved his Dad $100 if he were to buy it new. (Or $25, if he was like us and bought a like-new one at a garage sale.)

Try to fix what's broke first. You may make it worse, but if you do, you can always hire someone to fix it or purchase a different one. But chances are you will fix it, and it will help your self-esteem to try fixing more things.

Plus there are so many books at the library that you can check out to help you with fixing things. The Reader's Digest series is a good one.

A lot of times it's as simple as something being clogged and needing to be cleaned out, something's burnt out, or a loose wire.

Try it, you just may like it!!!!