Los Angeles, August 18, 2006 – Intuition, the trendy L.A. boutique, normally closes at 5 P.M., but on Friday the store stayed open an hour longer to accommodate a VIP. It wasn’t a royal, a dignitary or even a politician; it was pregnant pop star Britney Spears. Followed by a caravan of paparazzi, Britney arrived, and unsure exactly what she was getting into, left son Sean Preston in the car – with security guards – and dashed inside.

“Is this a real store?”, she asked upon entering. Assured that it was, in fact, not a mere video set, Britney perked up, eyed the merchandise, and gleefully set off on a 30-minute binge of pulling clothing off of walls and exclaiming, “Oh, I love this!”

Brit tried on a polka-dotted headband that she said reminded her of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman. Told that Roberts had been at the store just the week before, an awestruck Britney said, “Julia Roberts was in here? I love her.”

As the paparazzi outside banged on the store windows and screamed for her to look their way, Britney checked out the different departments. It seems that she and husband Kevin Federline do not know the sex of their unborn child; while looking at baby clothes, Brit remarked that she couldn’t choose a color since she doesn’t know what she’s having. She laughed, and said, “Wouldn’t it be funny if my water broke here?”

Due in four weeks, she wasn’t wearing her wedding band, probably thanks to swollen fingers. Apprised of Intuition’s small men’s department, Britney said, “Oh, you mean for Kevin?”, but passed on a look-through.

The store is expanding, and when proprietors apologized for the construction inconvenience, Britney confessed that she loves doing construction. “It’s so much fun!”, she said, and added that she always changes her mind once it’s finished, and wants to do it over.

Britney was in a great mood, and really enjoyed the shopping spree. She was relaxed, not at all diva-like or demanding, and seemed able to cope with the paparazzi that follow her relentlessly.

Check out what Britney bought at shopintuition.com