Spotlight @ Megabox

Took a day trip over to Hong Kong on Thursday, after getting all the business part of the trip over, I had the rest of the day free to roam about all over the place.

On my agenda for the day was 1. the Nougat thingys at Queen's Cake, and 2. Spotlight @ MegaBox. I went in that order because I was already at the Central Stop, so it made more sense to take the subway over to Causeway Bay first since i was already in the neighborhood.

After purchasing copious amount of different flavors of Nougat, I took the train over to Kowloon Bay... which is pretty far away from the hussle and bussle, but it was worth it because I also stumbled upon Ikea!!!!!

After hearing about how great Spotlight was, I was seriously looking forward to this haven of craft supplies, fabrics, loads of yarn, and craft supplies. Instead I think the hype was just too much... I should not have listened to the hype. I blame the hype for letting me down. It felt like a cross between bed bath and beyond and Joanns.

I walked in, and it was exactly BBB feel, the whole bed sheets, curtains and towel section...the same sort of layout. the wall to wall sheets, and the large isles stacked with knicknacks, and the registers to the right.

Then the fabric section... felt like walmart when they had the fabric section, and then the yarn. I guess I was expecting LYS yarn, or some sort... but it's just michael's or Joanns feel, they even had some lionbrand, homespun, chenille, and a few magic stripes. At first glance, it was the same wall to wall feel of yarn. WOW, that's a lot of yarn. But upon closure inspection, the yarn quality isn't LYS great... it's just everyday ok. It was a good selection of different yarn, nothing too fancy, but mostly do able... I had thought of not buying any yarn... but of course I couldn't go all the way there and not come home with something! I bought some clear handles for a future FBB & 2 pairs of acrylic straight needles that I don't need, but liked how they looked. Maybe i'll take a picture of it later.

So... there it goes... it's pretty far away for one to travel to get there, so maybe i won't be going all the time... since HK island already has a few travel worthy stores...

maybe if i feel like heading over to Ikea, I'll stop by. It is a pretty big mall type... plus Megabox had a skating rink, it's small, but useful...

ok so Megabox is a pretty useful place... it's worth your time to go, if you can make the trip over.