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Tablets, budgeting tips & tackling weeds – this week's MSE Forum highlights

Forum Executive

4 July 2025

If your menu planning needs a boost, the MSE Forum community can help with budgeting tips for your supermarket shop, motivation to make the most of what's already in the cupboard and pictures of tasty low-cost meals cooked up by fellow MoneySavers.

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A few of this week's top threads

These are some of the Forum discussions that caught our eye this week:

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.

Should I pay half the parking 'fine' my husband got giving my parents a lift?

My husband gave my parents a lift in my car to the GP surgery and got a parking ticket. He parked in the correct bay for patients, but didn't know he had to go in and enter the number plate at reception. He says I should challenge it or pay half the invoice because it was my parents he was driving to the surgery, and he wouldn't have got a ticket otherwise. But I wasn't driving or even in the car at the time. Should I appeal or pay, or is that up to him?

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.

Photo of the week

In the What are you making for dinner? thread, Forumites inspire each other by sharing details of what they're cooking up. This week goldfinches reported on their meal consisting of a "wholemeal wrap with homemade coleslaw, homemade potato salad, a hardboiled egg, cucumber and a bamboo shoot followed by gooseberries from my allotment".

homemade coleslaw, homemade potato salad, a hardboiled egg, cucumber and a bamboo shoot

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Latest comping wins

Last Sunday was Haribobo19's lucky day, with not one but two prize notifications. They'll soon be receiving a Dinomate Lush gift box ("I love Lush products so I cant wait to try them!") and a £50 Lego gift card ("My partner is very happy about this one").

What could you win this week? Check the Competitions Time boards to find out.

Your two cents

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