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We've all got at least 77 chores to do around the house, but many of them can be dispatched with a teaspoon of sugar if you take advantage of the ideas in this year's 77 Gifts for under $77 gift guide. Here are some of our favorites at price points to satisfy every homemaker's budget:

S-XL Cake Pan
$49.00
"A little smaller...no, smaller...well, not that small!" Let people pick their perfect size slice (and height!) with Konstantin Slawinski's exquisitely inequitable cake pan.

Doll Duster
$22
A fitting start! Tom Butch's beyond-witty feather doll duster will add some serious glamour to your day-to-days. Handcrafted by Tom, you may even want to keep this inside your collectibles display case—but then what would you clean the glass with?!

Travel Thread Kit
$9.00
Beyond brilliant. Pack this thread kit, and when you need a repair, simply pull out the shade that matches what you require. There are 8 strands per color, 21 colors in total. No spools ever.

Bubble Scrubber
$5
Ideal for the neat freaks dearest to your heart, sure, but it's also a sneaky way to get your fun-loving/good-for-nothing roommate to do the damn dishes!

"House Cheese" sponge by Atypyk
$9.80
It's a sponge shaped like cheese—great for cheese and sponge lovers alike. Looks cool, probably tastes awful.

Plastic Bag Alternative
$8 for 1, $22 for 3, $38 for 6
Groceries taste just as good, if not more consciously delicious, when you've toted them home in plastic bag alternatives like Baggus.

Find these and 71 other wonderful items in Core77's Ultimate Gift Guide 2007!