BRITNEY SPEARS appears to be embracing her impending role as an auntie - after she was spotted buying gifts for her pregnant sister JAMIE-LYNN. Shame she forgot to hide that whopping spot on her face before getting snapped to the max on her spree. (sigh)

The troubled pop star spent Thursday afternoon buying baby clothes in Los Angeles.

Britters, who discovered her 16-year-old sibling's news after she went public with the announcement on the cover of an American magazine, is reportedly vowing to support Jamie-Lynn's decision to keep the baby. Well, it would be a severe case of pot-kettle-black if she didn't, wouldn't it.

The 26-year-old is currently locked in a bitter custody battle over her sons Sean Preston, 2 and Jayden James, 1, after recently losing primary custody to ex-husband Kevin Federline.

All in all, not exactly the perfect example to be setting little sis, really, but there you go.