I'm going to try to phrase this question in a way that doesn't give anything away or discuss strategy.
Certain collections are listed as having, for example, 30 total items, but additional Outdoor Living items that aren't included in the total. If you collect one of the OL items, it will list it as X/30 + 1. There is a collectable item from Outdoor Living that Carl includes in the guide, so I'm assuming it is allowed, so would that also mean we count the additional + x number of items in addition to the items in the collection?
I hope that makes sense and doesn't give too much away.