Amanda posted the idea on her blog, that fellow Spice Girls fans should post a tribute to them on their blog, so here I am.

Born in '88, I was just a teeny little thing and missed out on the 80's. However, I was a kid who grew up in the great decade that was the 90's. There are many great things I miss and remember about it. The Spice Girls is one of the main things. Back then, I had just started getting into music. I remember a relative telling me about the Spice Girls, and making me listen to their music. I instantly fell in love. The songs were so upbeat and catchy. I made my mom buy me their tapes. I remember walking out of that music store being the happiest girl in the world.

Lots of girl bands followed the Spice Girls, but none of them were ever as good. They were plain, regular, and boring. The Spice Girls just had this energy about them that no other music groups have ever had. Even as a group, they were all individuals. They had their distinct voices, characteristics, style, and attitude. You had Scary with her big hair and animal print, Sporty with her athletic style and pony tail, Baby with her pigtails and lollipops, Posh with her sophisticated attitude and expensive taste, and Ginger with her red hair and blonde bangs. I remember when I was in 5th grade and I decided to do something similar to Ginger with my hair. I had blonde hair, but instead of dying my hair red and leaving my bangs blonde, I decided to do the opposite of her. There I was walking into school with blonde hair and red bangs. Looking back, it was probably one of the most hideous hairstyles I have ever had, but it's funny to look back on.

My favorite out of the group, even though I loved them all, was Emma aka Baby Spice. I had blonde hair like her, and I had the more cutesy attitude as well. When my friends and I would act like the Spice Girls while singing and dancing to their songs, I would always be Baby. I remember when the Spice Girls microphone came out. There was nothing special about it. It was just a fake mic with a stand that said "Spice Girls" on it. One of my friends and I both bought it because at the time we thought it was super cool. We would stick in my tapes of the girls in concert and would sing and dance along with them as if we were actually them. Ah, the good old days.

I remember hearing the news that Geri was leaving the group. I was devastated. The other four went on without her, but it wasn't the same at all. They didn't seem like the same group with the same energy. I stopped listening to their new music after she left. The Spice Girls were fading away. I still think about this great group a lot. Every once in a while, I even break out their music and start listening to it while singing along.