CVS and Walgreens: Why bother?

I took my regular Sunday trips over to CVS and Walgreens this week, but I'm not sure why I bothered. Here's my total swag for the two trips:

First, Walgreens. I intended to get this great deal on Dove soap:

2 Dove Men's Plus Care Bar Soap (6 pk.) @ 2/$12 (receive $4 RR)
-2 $4/1 Dove Men+Care Body and Face Bar, exp. 7/24/11 (RP 06/26/11)
= $4.00 (FREE after RRs)

I had a $4 RR from last week, so all I would owe on this deal was sales tax, and I would get my $4 RR back. What a deal!

But when I went to get the soap, it was gone - and this was early Sunday afternoon.

So the only thing I ended up getting was the free Milka chocolate, and an extra item which was meant for the deal above, but I ended up not needing, but bought anyway (we can always use more mechanical pencils):

2 Milka Chocolate Bars @ 2/$3
- 2 $1/1 Milka Chocolate Bar printable
- 1 $1/2 Milka Chocolate Walgreens printable
= FREE after stacked coupons

1 Papermate mechanical pencils 5 pk @ 19¢

Total product: 19¢
Tax: 20¢
Total out of pocket: 39¢
Total saved compared to Walgreens full prices: $7.18

Then it was off to CVS.  I wanted to get this deal:

5 Lumene Day Creams (.5 oz) @ $3.99 (receive $5 ECBs wyb $20)
- 5 $4/1 Lumene Product, exp. 8/15/11 (SS 06/19/11 R)
= 5¢ moneymaker ($5.05 moneymaker after ECBs)

But (you guessed it) I couldn't find the Lumene products in my store.

So the only deal I got at CVS was:

2 Oral-B Indicator Toothbrush, $1.99 (receive $1 ECB each)
- $2/1 Oral-B Pulsar, CrossAction, Advantage, or (2) Indicator or Cavity Defense Manual Toothbrushes, exp. 7/31/11 (P&G 07/03/11)
= $1.98 (2¢ moneymaker after ECBs)

Total product: $1.98
Pay with $1.69 ECB from last week
Total after ECBs: 29¢
Tax: 24¢
Total out of pocket: 53¢
Total saved compared to CVS full prices: $5.69
Receive $2 ECB

So basically, the two trips were a bust... except for the chocolate, of course!