That is too bad.Very rarely are my purchase totals much more than the stated dollar value --- in fact i always grab something that can work as a stocking stuffer in case i need to bump a sale up to the whatever amount that week's coupon is for, my calculator gets quite the workout. I write down the price of everything i chuck in the cart and then take time to arrange the sales "properly"
ALSO, none of the stores in my city will let me stack the coupons ... believe me, I've tried. I've managed to use it maybe once when i wasn't going to be able to make my sales come close to multiples.
You're excused from the $5 mandatory coupon use. Everyone else buckle down and stop forgetting.