How Britney Burns Through $1M a Month

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It's pricey being a pop princess.

Water bills, mortgage payments, new beach houses, 24-hour security detail, FedEx support, grooming costs -- all of it paid with dollar bills y'all, and all of it coming out of Britney Spears' purse at the tune of (gulp) about a $1 million a month last year.

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Britney Spears performs at the Honda Center, marking her first arena tour in five years Sunday, April 19, 2009, in Anaheim, California. (Mindy Schauer/Orange County Register/MCT)

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Britney Spears creates a circus atmosphere at the Honda Center, marking her first arena tour in five years Sunday, April 19, 2009, in Anaheim, California. (Mindy Schauer/Orange County Register/MCT)

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Britney Spears performs at the Honda Center Sunday, April 19, 2009, in Anaheim, California. (Mindy Schauer/Orange County Register/MCT)

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This image provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Miranda Tozier-Robbins who was arrested Thursday April 16, 2009 on charges of tresspassing outside Britney Spears' Calabasas, Calif., home. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. has unveiled the creative for its spring 2009 Candie's Only at Kohl's marketing campaign starring multi-platinum recording artist, Britney Spears. A full size, limited edition poster will appear exclusively in the April 15th issue of Us Weekly Magazine. (PRNewsFoto/Iconix Brand Group, Inc.)

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Britney Spears performs during "The Circus Starring Britney Spears" tour at Prudential Center on March 13, 2009 in Newark, New Jersey. "The Circus Starring Britney Spears" Tour in Newark - Show - March 13, 2009 Prudential Center Newark, NJ United States March 13, 2009 Photo by Exclusive Images-Jeremy Cowart/WireImage.com To license this image (56975621), contact WireImage.com

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An accounting of Spears' expenses was filed in L.A. County Superior Court on May 15 by the star's father and conservator, Jamie Spears, L.A. Now is reporting.

The document lists in great detail how her dad and an attorney that helps oversee her affairs spent more than $10 million to keep the Britney Train chugging in 2008, with almost a third of that going to her lawyer fees. Jamie's attorney alone billed a cool mil.

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Costs range from basic bills and payments for her Studio City house, to charges that come with the territory of being one of the biggest star's on the planet.

A Sampling for 11 Months:
- Body guards and security >> $447,633
- Lawyer fees >> $3.6 million
- Kevin Federline's attorney fees >> $625,000
- Pocket cash for Federline >> $178,818
- Fees to her conservator/dad >> $168,790
- Christmas decorations >> $3,400
- Christmas decoration removal >> $5,840

The document doesn't allude to how much Spears made last year, but in the past her assets have been estimated at more than $100 million. She's currently on tour supporting her album 'Circus.'

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