Don't you just love a new haircut?  The fragrant products they use, the blunt, non-split ends, the bounce, the body, the sass?  And it only lasts one day.  
I don't know about you, but no matter how closely I watch what the stylist does--how she blows out my hair, what products she uses, whatever, I can never achieve the same result.  Is it a secret that they learn in stylist school?  I wish I knew.
There must be some lesson in here--take the time to appreciate the small luxuries, fleeting though they are,  But the lesson I choose to take away is: Don't wait five months between haircuts.  
Because I have worked at the same place for over a year now, and THREE separate people didn't recognize me this afternoon.  Had to stare at me for a full twenty seconds before they recognized me.  What does that say about me?