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In my limited exposure to 尊敬語【そんけいご】 and 謙譲語【けんじょうご】, I feel like I've only
really seen them used in their normal -ます forms and never in て form or
conjugated such as a -たい form. Are honorific and humble verbs not typically
used in conjugated forms like these? If I wanted to write a more extended
sentence, would it be better to use normal verbs up until the end and finish
with a 尊敬語【そんけいご】 or 謙譲語【けんじょうご】 verb?

EDIT: To be a little more clear about what I mean, could you do the following?

> Ex. To say "I called X and went home." - Xさんに連絡いたして、お帰りしました。  
>  or  
>  Ex. To say "I wanted to greet you." - 挨拶を致したかったです。

Are these valid sentences or is that not how 尊敬語【そんけいご】 and 謙譲語【けんじょうご】 are
used?
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conjugations politeness honorifics
て-form and other conjugations of 謙譲語
I am sorry to say, I am not able yet to grasp your intention basically, but
what I can point out is....

> Ex. To say "I called X and went home." - Xさんに連絡いたして、お帰りしました。

sounds very strange, because

1 I am not sure if you are trying to "report" you action to "someone else
other than you". Plus, since your action, going home is described as "お帰りしました”
, here you don't have to put お，which is called
**[美化語](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E7%BE%8E%E5%8C%96%E8%AA%9E)** , so that
you are "beautiying" "your own action", thus your いたす + お are contained in the
same sentence which sounds very awkward to me ( especially about お )

> To say "I wanted to greet you." - 挨拶を致したかったです。

Also sounds srange since in this case in this case, one of the probability is
you are dropping 御（ご） or simply ご，without this the word 挨拶 sounds a bit
"abrupt" to me if you are tring to say someone upper than you.

And had it been added with ご，then you would not have needed to say "致す” since
by adding ご，which is also the same above 美化語，then your sentence will have some
kind of double politeness, which is redundant, to me.

Thank you.
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I think 尊敬語 and 謙譲語 can be used in the て form and たい form.

To say "I called X and went home" in 謙譲語, I think you could probably say
like...

>   * Xさんにご連絡申し上げ **て** 、帰らせていただきました。
>   * Xさんに連絡させていただい **て** (orさせていただき)、帰宅いたしました。/ 失礼いたしました。  
>  etc...
>

For "I wanted to greet you" in 謙譲語, I think you could say like...

>   * ご挨拶申し上げ **たかった** です。
>   * ご挨拶させていただき **たかった** です。  
>  etc...
>

Other examples off the top of my head...

>   * 来てくださっ **て** 、ありがとうございます。
>   * ご覧になり **たい** 場合は、遠慮なくお申し出ください。
>   * 是非一度、お目にかかっ **て** お話を伺い **たい** (orお伺いし **たい** )と思っております。
>
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> Xさんにご[連絡]{れんらく}の[上]{うえ}で[帰宅]{きたく}[致]{いた}しました。

I think that "and" shows the reason why you went home.  
Exactly, the way of ～して is a obscure conjunction.

In the case of ～したい:  

> ご挨拶したかったです。  
>  →ご挨拶できず申し訳ありません。

I feel that is a speaker's own desire.  

In the case of objective expression：

> ご挨拶したく思いました。

Those are not altogether false, but I think those are not quite suitable. I
understand this question partially.
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