According to a recent post by celeb gossip website TMZ.com, pop star Britney Spears spent $13,000 acquiring a pair of puppies.

According to new legal docs filed in her conservatorship Ms Spears bought two puppiess in 2013 that came with enormous price tags -- more than $13K for both of them!

The singer is reported to have spent $5,568 on a Maltese in January ... and then in July she spent another $8,212 for its playmate, a Yorkshire Terrier pup.

Brit even spent $1,585 on clothingfor the dogs ($650 in one shopping spree alone) and a further $5,205 on dog-sitting, plus more common pet expenses (like food) -- and all told she laid out $31,234.15 in canine expenses.