Songwriting, stair lifts & strawberries – this week's MSE Forum highlights

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A few of this week's top threads

Here's a selection of what caught our eye recently:

• Can you help me choose a new chair for working from home?

• It's my first year with an allotment - what's good to plant at this time of year?

• Using a budgeting app has really helped me make better spending choices.

• The apostrophe in my name causes me problems applying for products online.

• The MSE Forum inspired me to achieve my dream of becoming mortgage-free.

What's the best way to indulge a passion for music whilst keeping it MoneySaving? 

• I'm a songwriter - how can I record my music without spending over the odds?

• How can I help my strawberry plants to survive the winter?

• I think my dad might need a stair lift soon – help me choose.

• Living in London, should I choose an electric, hybrid or petrol car?

Money Moral Dilemma

Every week, the Money Tips email features a real-life Money Moral Dilemma (MMD for short). They're intended to encourage debate and, as such, they're usually among the most discussed threads each week.

See what our MSE Forumites had to say and add your own thoughts on the Money Moral Dilemma discussion thread. Do please stick to the MSE Forum rules: keep it kind and keep it clean. Remember, there's a real person behind every dilemma.

Got a Money Moral Dilemma of your own? Email us at MMD@moneysavingexpert.com and it could be featured.

Photo of the week

Farwayfound these toys in their garden – likely deposited by foxes – when they went out to pick beans. What's the strangest thing that's turned up in your garden? 

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Latest comping wins

Becksta is looking forward to a family day out on the Swanage Railway in Dorset after winning not one but two competitions for tickets to local attractions.

Why not see if any prizes currently featured on the Competitions time boards take your fancy?

Want to peek at some MSE Forum highlights from recent weeks?

• Second-hand cars, studying abroad & suspicious shopping habits (23 August 2024)

• Engagement rings, elderly cats & espresso machines (16 August 2024)

• Cheap batteries, coffee capsules & wildlife cameras (9 August 2024)

• Saturday jobs, shower gel & sun cream (26 July 2024)

• Second-hand textbooks, simple funerals & solar panels (19 July 2024)

Your two cents

September is Catch the Bus Month - if you've got any tips and tricks for saving money on the cost of bus travel, we'd love to hear them.

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