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Last week I invited a group of my girlfriends out for a dinner – we were all way over due for a Ladies Night Out – plus I wanted to let them in on a new service that makes it easy to settle the bill at the end of the night.

I don’t know about you but I hate that part of an evening…

Where the bill gets passed around and everyone tries to tally up what they owe and if you’ve had a few margaritas during the night’s festivities it makes it even harder. What usually happens is that the bill runs short because somebody miscalculated their portion or we just take the easy road and split the bill up evenly or someone just puts it all on their tab – hoping someone will return the favor the next go around.

It’s just too much to worry about at the end of a fun night out.

Serve takes all the stress and awkwardness out of the collection process. You can reimburse friends and you can even send out money request to people that owe you all with their email address. It’s also great for those friends they NEVER let you pay, you can send them the money through Serve without having to sneak it into their pockets.

Our girls night out was scaled down a bit due to weather and freeway closures but for those that came we had a great time at Casa Vega. Since I wanted everyone to try out Serve we all paid our portions upfront.
After everyone set up their account I sent them the money that was owed. The process was simple and painless and there is even a mobile app you can download to handle all the transactions right at the table.

After the event I received the Serve card which I think is pretty cool because it acts as a pre-paid debt card, I can totally see using it to manage our “going-out” budget.
One of the other features I love about Serve is that you can create sub accounts for your kids or other family members. It’s a safe and secure way to send money to your kids in college or to help your younger children manage their allowance. It’s something I’ll definitely be considering as my own children get older and more responsible.

More about Serve

• Serve is a new way to settle up with friends/buddies instantly via email or mobile device
  - Avoid the awkwardness of owing friends/buddies money
  - Stop trying to chase down your friends to pay up
• Setting up a Serve account is quick and easy
• No more checks
• Safe and Secure from American Express
• Go to www.serve.com/blog from your computer
• Get $10 just for trying it
• Refer friends to Serve and get up to $50

I’m happy with my experience with Serve, I needed to call their customer service line a few times and the representatives were extremely helpful and handled all my concerns promptly.
I’ll definitely use the service again and if you sign up you will get $10 transferred into your account just for trying it out.

Plus we are GIVING AWAY a $100 credit to one lucky Bizzie Living reader who signs up for an account.

How to Enter
Leave us a comment – letting us know you set up an account and we’ll select a winner in 7 days.

Remember to sign up for Serve and receive $10 credit towards your first use. Comment below within the next 7 days for your chance to win an extra $100 credit to your account! Official sweepstakes rules and regulations may be found by clicking here. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.

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As you know we have been making some changes around here. For starters, we have the new site design. I hope you love it as much as I do. The branding change to BizzieLiving.com, which I think expresses everything I’m trying to do. Read the Letter from the Editor to get more details about the switch. If you haven’t already subscribed, please do so because we are going to have some wonderful surprises and tips exclusive to our loyal readers.

Be sure to check out my review of the MiMi Bag. When you’re done, come back and enter to win your very own Kelly Moore Bag and follow them of facebook and twitter for more information on her wonderful collection.

The Kelly Moore Camera Bag Giveaway!

* This is my first time using Rafflecopter, so please email me if you have issues.

UPDATE: THE WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED!

Congratulations to Lisa Foster you are the lucky winner of the HP Mobile Mom Pack.

Having a business online gives you the flexibility to take your business where ever you go, which is great, but a pain in your neck if you always have to lug around a full-size laptop on your back. I’ve been that person for a long time, either lugging my 17” inch laptop around or carrying a portable drive where ever I go in case I need “that one” file. The problem with that is – when you forget the drive at home you immediately feel like you left your brain behind. Your computer hard-drive whether portable or built-in is the meat of your business; you’ll be lost without it.

So I was excited to be given the opportunity to review the HP Mini – I have to admit I’ve been eye balling the mini laptops since last year, I loved the red and the gold Vivienne Tam editions – but it wasn’t until the Preppy Pink became available that I knew I needed one.

Being a busy mom of two and a business owner I’m always on the go but I also always need to get work done which means I need to be connected constantly. Having a handy HP mini – designed for mobility at my fingertips allows me to work at the park, library, and restaurant or even in the car if I have to. It’s small and light enough to fit into a fashionable purse or diaper bag without weighing me down. I love that I can even tuck into some of the latest camera bags designed for woman.

I wrote a review about the HP Mini 210 HD Edition – A Laptop for the Stylish Geek: The Preppy Pink HP Mini

HP Mini 210 Specs

• Starting at 2.69 lbs and less than one-inch thin with up to ten hours of battery life, optional 3G broadband and GPS
• Offers a true HD experience with HD screen and optional HD video accelerator
• 10.1-inch Brightview HD LED widescreen display and 93 percent full size island style keyboard
• Available in 6 designs: preppy pink, white crystal, silver crystal, black crystal, pacific blue and sonoma red
• Preppy pink features a pink, plaid-like design using HP Imprint 3-D, the industry’s first 3-D PC surface technology, which debuted on the HP Mini 110 by Studio Tord Boontje. It appears to float on the surface while casting shadows onto lower layers
• Available on June 15 at hpdirect.com, starting at $354.99 U.S.

Another great item for the mobile mom is the HP V5040u digital camcorder. I have been meaning to start vlogging and this is a handy HD camcorder with a screen that flips back to front for easy self vlogging.

Of course the camcorder is small enough to fit in your purse for us moms that are always on the go. My favorite features of the camera include the ability to set the camcorder down and it will and start recording when it detects motion and you can also take still pictures at a resolution of 12mp.

The HP Mini and HP V5040u camcorder will be a perfect addition to my arsenal for BlogHer and other events. I won’t have to tote around my super heavy laptop and I’ll be able to easily record the day’s events on the HP V5040u.

HP V5040u Digital Camcorder

• 1080p High Definition recording
• Sleek and Slim – less than .5″ thick
• HDMI interface
• Motion Detection Function
• Still image capture

Are you a busy mom who needs to connect while on the go?

Here at BizzieMommy.com we are giving one lucky ready The Mobile Mommy HP Pack which includes an HP Mini 210 HD Edition and a HP V5040u camcorder of their own so they can stay connected while on the go.

How to Enter the Mobile Mommy HP Pack Giveaway

1. Leave a comment answering the following question:
   How would the Mobile Mommy HP Pack simplify your life?
2. Follow @BizzieMommy and @HP_PC
3. Tweet the following::
   I entered to win an HP Mini from this blog! @BizzieMommy @HP_PC http://tinyurl.com/2uuytsq

Contest ends on August 10, 2010 at 12 midnight. Winner will be announced on August 11.

Good Luck.

Anyway photo submissions will be accepted from June 29, 2010 through August 16, 2010. You can submit one picture under three different categories.

• Dressed for Success – A dashing sailor’s outfit or superhero Halloween costume? We want to see the best photos of your children dressed up.
• The Holidays and Vacation- Have a great photo of your family visiting the Yellowstone geysers, or riding all-terrain vehicles in Aruba? Send us your best.
• Funny Faces – Smiling ear to ear sans a tooth, or looking thrilled riding a rollercoaster, we want to see your photos capturing your children’s funniest, most lovable expressions.

I think I already know which one I will submit for the funny faces category. The Grand Prize is $2,500 in cash and three finalist will recieve a $500 credit toward Sigma equipment.

For more details about the contest please visit the Momtographers Contest.

* BizzieMommy.com is not affiliated with this contest.

Here are some categories you can find in the forum today.

• DSLR Basics: Switch to Manual – If you are still sitting in the automatic modes of your camera you will find some great tips on switching to manual and really exploring the depths of your camera.
• Group Buys and Discounts – Get in on some great deals with other members of clickinmoms.com.
• Product Reviews – Get inside information on products that you would like to buy before making that expensive purchase.
• Buy/ Sell Used Photo Equipment – If you want to upgrade your camera, sell a camera bag or swap lenses with someone this is where you would willing buyers and sellers.
• Hard Core Critique – Looking for some great constructive critiques on your pictures then post some in the critique area.
• Picture Share – Share some of your greatest pictures with all the other woman on clickinmoms.com.

Clickinmoms.com is a great resource for photographers from experienced to novice. While exploring the site I discovered which lenses work best for the type of pictures I want to take. I’ve even sold some of my equipment to other members.

Don’t forget to check out the latest e-book Transcending Travel and learn to never take a boring vacation photo again.

The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography
This 78 page downloadable e-book is the perfect guide for moms or anyone who is interested in taking great pictures of their friends, family and children. This easy to read e-book is filled with portrait photography advice, tips and wonderful images. The people at Digital Photography School compiled some previously published but updated tutorials as well as fresh content for this e-book designed for anyone that wants to improve their portraits.

I downloaded the e-book and immediately uploaded it to my Nook to save on paper and storage. The e-book covers several topics on from taking stunning portraits to posing, portrait lighting and how to shoot portraits like a pro on a budget.

If you want to learn how to capture that “wow” moment then check out The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography. You can download this photography e-book online at Digital Photography School for $19.95.

Photo Nuts and Bolts: Know Your Camera and Take Better Photos
Did you know that 73% of digital camera owners wish they had more control over their camera? It wasn’t long after I bought my first DSLR that I was venturing out into the manual settings trying to get the shot right.

The Photo Nuts and Bolts is a downloadable PDF E-Book designed to break you out of the comfort of digital and into the creative manual side of your camera. You will not only get to know your camera better but you will also be able to take better photos.

This 10 lesson e-book will give you control over your camera in no time. You will learn about light, lenses and focus, exposure and stops, shutter, aperture and a whole lot more.

Photo Nuts and Bolts is available for download for $19.97 at Digital Photography School.

Transcending Travel: A Guide to Captivation Travel Photography
Most of us have only one opportunity to take that trip of a lifetime – so coming home with stunning and magical images is the key to reliving that vacation. Can you imagine coming home only to discover your images are uninspiring and flat?

Wouldn’t it be great if you could learn how to take stunning travel photos by a top travel photography? Well now you can with Transcending Travel: A Guide to captivating travel photography available now on Digital-Photography-School.com. You will have 80 pages fresh tips and lessons. This show-you-how e-book contains inspiring real life examples of images and great exercises that get you doing something.

This e-book is designed for the beginner shooting with basic gear to the more advanced photographers with high-end DSLR’s.

You can download your copy of Transcending Travel for $19.97 at Digital-Photography-School.com and be ready to capture every amazing moment of that perfect vacation.

If you are looking to improve your photography then you should definitely check out one of these downloadable PDF e-books and if you have a Barnes and Noble Nook you can upload straight into your Nook and carry the e-books to go.

Darren Rowse the guy behind Digital Photography School has graciously offered one lucky winner a chance to win their own Guide to Portrait Photography.

To Enter
To enter the giveaway you must leave a comment and let us know what you find the most challenging when taking portraits.

For more chances to win you can do one of the following, each counting as an additional entry, please let us know you have by leaving an additional comment.

1) Follow @bizziemommy on twitter
2) Subscribe to our newsletter
3) Say hello on our Facebook Fan Page and if you like us that would be great too!

The contest will end on June 25, 2010 at midnight and the winner will be chosen on June 26th. Good luck.

I know one of you has an amazing story and/or idea that you would like to share, so why not share your passion and for a chance to win some amazing HP products and services. All you have to do to enter is share your story by telling HP what you’re doing or what you will do to make an impact on business, life or the Earth with HP technology and services.

To get more information or enter, check out the Do Something Amazing Contest on The Huffington Post.

UPDATE: WINNER ANNOUNCED

Congratulations Brigitta enjoy the event.

Last year I attended an amazing event, the Bump to the Tot Mommy Dinner Party held at Giggles N Hugs in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Jayneoni Moore a favorite designer among celebrity moms.

See last year’s event recap.

Well she’s having another event this month which promises to be the ultimate baby shower event for the glamorous new mom or expecting mom. The She’s Having a Baby event will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 23, 2010.

So if you are looking for that perfect crib, the safest car seat, the softest blanket or even tips on designing your dream nursery then you have to check out Jayneoni Moore’s She’s Having a Baby Event.

The shower is for every new or expecting mom, so come out and enjoy presentations of some of the top baby products, demonstrations, delicious sweets, parenting discussions and a maternity fashion show. What’s a shower with out gifts? The She’s Having a Baby Event has giveaways galore, from the new Orbit G2 Stroller, SkipHop products, Stokke, Sleepi, Britax, Boon, and so much more. Plus one lucky mom will win a complete nursery and EVERY mom attending will leave with an overflowing gift bag valued at $500.00.

For more information on the She’s Having a Baby Event.

Tickets are on sale now for $45.00. However Jeyneoni would like to giveaway a ticket to one lucky Bizzie Mommy reader.

If you are a mom-t0-be or new mommy and will be in the LA area just leave us a comment so you can be entered to win a ticket to this ultimate baby shower event.

Contest closes on May 18th.

We all know that most camera bags are bulky, black, heavy and darn right boring. So it’s great to find so many female photographers venturing out into camera bag design and creating some amazing SLR camera bags fit for female photographers. After all who is better at determining what female photographers really need and want? Kelly Moore is an amazing photographer so be sure to check out her website at kellymoorephotography.com.

She also has created some amazing DSLR camera bags designed for woman so be sure to check out KellyMoorebag.com and my review Kelly Moore Makes Another DSLR Camera Bag for Women.

Oh I almost forgot! Kelly has offered to give away one of her gorgeous bags to a lucky BizzieMommy.com reader!Here’s how to win!

1. Leave a comment telling us which is your favorite Kelly Moore Bag design.
2. Tweet this contest and be sure to let us know that you tweeted the contest and make sure you are following @bizziemommy
3. Post this contest to your profile on Facebook for another chance to win. Leave a comment and be sure to “like” the Bizzie Mommy Fan Page.
4. For another chance to win join the Moms Photography Club flickr group and share a picture with the theme, “Why I need a new camera bag?” Be sure to include the link in the comments below.

Contest will end on May 6, 2010. Winner will be announced on Mother’s Day! A great Mother’s Day gift for a mommy photographer.

Don’t want to wait, you can order your own Kelly Moore DSLR Camera bag at KellyMooreBags.com with $25 off using discount code: Bizzie for this week only. If you missed the promotion, you can shop all Kelly Moore Bags.

So I hope the winner of the Nook enjoys it as much as I do. We randomly chose a winner from the 449 entries using Random.org. I wish I was able to giveaway more than one.

Congrats lucky number 102.

Shel from @auntiethesis you are the lucky winner. You can congratulate her at auntiethesis.blogspot.com.