Worth the return trip

I actually did 2 CVS runs today. The first one was to pick up the deals in the paper, the second one was spur of the moment. What happened was that I figured this was a straightforward week and there was no sense in bringing my coupon binder with me. Then when I got to the store, I checked the clearance shelf out of habit and noticed they had whole bins of toothpaste and mouthwash marked down to $.40-$.70 each. Picturing my coupon binder, I knew I could do some matching and get an awesome deal. I decided it was worth it, picked up my items and checked out quickly, then drove home, got my binder, and drove back. It did help that the CVS is only 5 minutes from our house. In the time that it took me to get there and back again, several huge bottles of Scope mouthwash and a few other things had been snagged. Anyways, here's what I got, along with their markdown prices:
Colgate Total Advance Toothpaste (6 in various sizes- no travel sizes) $.40/ea
Colgate Total Whitening $.30
Crest Whitening with Scope $.30
Crest Extra Whitening (2) $.40/ea
Listerine Vanilla Mint 1L (2) $.50/ea
Oral B Xact Toothbrush (2) $.50/ea
Kotex Light Days 16ct liners $1.49

Coupons- the receipt doesn't list which they were, and I can't tell from the amounts because a lot of them wound up being rounded down. I pulled out whatever I had in my coupon binder that matched the items above.
1 @ $.10
2@ $.50/ea
1 @ $.75
1@ $.94
1 CVS coupon @ $1.00 (I know this one was for the Kotex pads)
2 @ $1.00/ea
1 @ $1.50

Grand total OOP (WITHOUT using any ECB's from my earlier transaction)
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$.62 (sales tax)!

Even though there was an ECB deal with the Listerine and the Colgate Total toothpaste, it didn't print any ECB's for me. I noticed the ad says "pay $xx and get xx ECB's," so that may be why. I wasn't interested in pushing it.
My mileage varies on the sales tax thing- sometimes I get charged for it even if my ECB's would cover it, and sometimes I don't. It seems to vary depending on the cashier, and I don't worry too much about it since its rarely more than a dollar.
Lessons learned
ALWAYS bring the coupon binder. If you don't think you'll use it, leave it in the car- at least then if you see a great deal its quick to run out and get it.
Find out where the markdown/clearance section is at your CVS, and check it whenever you go in. I've seen some other really great deals there, although this was the best by far.

Oh, and the kitty was not included in the markdowns. He just likes to be in pictures.