Please Enable Me

I need everyone to tell me that the purchase I just made is justified and exempt from the Yarn Diet.

You all know I've put myself on a yarn diet (Clean for 18 days.) My goal is not to buy yarn for a while and catch up with some of the projects on my Ravelry queue. I'm also trying not to buy anymore patterns or pattern books. (Honestly there are plenty of freebies out there.) A little part of me is also wondering how long I can go without buying any knitting paraphernalia ('cause, seriously, I have a lot of that already.)

But today I had a setback. While at the beach last week, my sister-in-law requested a hat. Fine. I had the perfect yarn and I found the perfect pattern (thanks to a Knit Nite buddy who suggested it.) Unfortunately, I didn't have the proper needles for it.

Please tell me it's ok that I bought a pair of 5 and 5.5* mm Addi turbos. I mean, it's for a gift, right? Not to buy them would be really selfish, don't you think?

*aren't you impressed by my use of mm and not American size? Just following my own advice, folks.