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Planes, Pot Noodles & Premium Bonds – this week's MSE Forum highlights

Forum Executive

6 February 2026

We love it when MoneySavers come back and update the community on their progress with a home or garden project, sharing what they've learnt along the way. This week we saw how one Forumite has made inroads into their garden transformation. Read on for more on that and the rest of the week's MSE Forum talking points.

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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.

What should I do with the inherited money that I feel guilty about spending?

I've recently inherited some money. It's enough to buy a new car, something I do need. But I feel too guilty to spend it - I would much rather have the person I inherited it from still here, and it breaks my heart even thinking about spending it, as doing so would almost feel like losing them again. Any suggestions on what I should do would be gratefully received...

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

Last May we featured in this blog Sapindus's thread inviting Forumites to follow the progress of the transformation of their 'neglected' garden. This week they came back with an update, including pics of their new pond:

When I had some guys in to do the fences and the front drive, I got them to chuck a couple of railway sleepers on the truck as well. Actually lifting them into position across the pond was an engineering feat in itself, they are incredibly heavy. The cobbles are all salvaged and foraged, and some logs from a neighbouring garden when they had a tree felled. The spoil from the pond is laid in a bank which curves around the wildflower meadow on the left, and the few small rocks on the right are all that's left of the ton I bought in. I need to drop the water level in order to put some slabs at the far end.

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Latest comping wins

Haribobo19 – who is one of our volunteer Forum Ambassadors – won't be short of a snack for a while, as they're about to take delivery of a year's supply of Pot Noodles. As they put it: "I'm not quite sure what a year's supply of them looks like exactly but I'll find out when they arrive haha".

Take a look at the Forum's Competitions Time boards for the latest crop of comps.

Your two cents

The Money Moral Dilemma is a fixture of MSE's Money Tips email, and MSE_Kelvin has put together a run-down of the most-viewed MMDs of 2025, together with his favourite responses. If there's an MMD that sticks in the mind for you, tell us about it here.

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