Sometimes Britney Spears really surprises you for the better. Today, Brit did the unthinkable: she actually showed up for one of her depositions. With 99% of regular people, this won’t really be noteworthy, it’d be expected. But if Britney Spears does something halfway responsible, you stand up and applaud. Talk about lowered expectations. Brit managed to show uponly a couple of hours late. She managed to put on a shirt, something she’s been struggling with lately. She managed to put on pants, something else she’s been struggling with lately. She even managed to hide any obvious signs that she’s having her period… again, something that’s been a challenge for her in the past few days. While she was clearly braless, what kind of old-fashioned, mid-century judge is going to have a problem with a woman parading her nipples around the courtroom in a tight shirt? Frankly, if that judge is at all realistic, he will thank the high heavens that Britney Spears showed up with hair and clothes. Expecting undergarments is completely ridiculous.

Britney Spears has arrived at Kevin Federline’s lawyer’s office this morning (above) for her deposition in the custody battle to get her kids back, but it looks like all she did to prep for the big day was change her shirt.

Accompanied by Sam Lutfi, the poptard, who was furiously biting her nails, sported the same jeans, boots and $475 L.A.M.B. handbag she was seen in yesterday at Petco. When she arrived at Mark Vincent Kaplan’s office, a braless Britney pulled down the neck of her shirt to expose her shoulders and addressed photographers in a British accent.

This is at least better than her previous deposition. On January 3, Britney showed up two hours late and stayed for only 13 minutes — and later had the infamous breakdown that landed her in the psych ward at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A.

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Can I just stop to say how much I love poptard? That is infinitely better than poptart. And in Britney’s case, it makes a helluva lot more sense. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have so many depositions that it’s impossible to keep track of what’s what… and when… and why. You can pretty much follow the chaos of Britney Spears’ life, or you can follow everything else. But there’s no way a normal person can do both. This particular deposition just got underway, so we’ll keep you updated if anything interesting comes from it. The odds are 50/50 that she will come out with her shirt tied around her head as a scarf. But that’s just showing common respect for the judge.

Picture note by Jaybird: Britney making one of her many gas station stops on her way home from Petco. According to a recent study (meaning my random observations) Britney Spears spends more time at Rite Aid, gas stations, and Petco per year than the average American does in a lifetime. Images thanks to WENN.