Hooray! It's....Negative?

The Official Pee-A-Thon of 2011 has begun!  For those of you who are new around these parts, I'm not one of those "wait and see" types who dutifully follows doctor's instructions and waits for beta results.  I pee on things, often daily, and analyze them way more than is probably healthy.

That being said, I think I've been VERY patient in waiting to start POAS until today, approximately 2dp5dt.  This is a full 9 days after the trigger shot, ya'll!  My reasoning (as convoluted as it may be) was that I WANT to see that negative, so that I'm 100% positive that a BFP (should it decide to show itself) is for real.  However, I wasn't too keen on seeing that false positive caused by the HCG shot.  In the past, we've used Ovid.rel to trigger, and I've always tested negative by 7 days post trigger.  I, personally, think the doctors are WAY too overly-cautious when telling us to wait 14 whole days to make sure it's out of your system.  Every website I read has said that it takes about 10 days to rid your body of the 10,000 IU of HCG.  So, I figured I'd give it ten days.

I almost made it, but as soon as we got home, those internet cheapies just started calling my name.  I decided it wouldn't hurt to take just ONE (isn't that how all addictions are fed?), and was tickled pink to see that it was, indeed, starkly negative.  (Note: I will NOT have the same reaction in a week, Universe, so don't go getting any ideas).

And then I did something I shouldn't.  Fellow POAS addicts have probably been here before.  Upon visiting the bathroom again an hour or so later, I dug the stick out for another, closer, analysis.  And, lo and behold, a VERY faint evaporation line was there.

Well, shit.

I know that you should never look at a pee stick past that ten minute window, for this reason exactly. I also know that any remaining HCG in my body (no matter how faint) is from trigger, and not from any potential pregnancies a-brewin'.  So, in all actuality, this really is no big deal.  By tomorrow, that evap line should be gone and when I test again (because you know I will), my negative should be signed, sealed, and delivered.  Wham, bam, thankyouma'am.

Now my only dilemma is this: once the negative is clearly established, how long do I hold out before testing for realz?  I'm down to two internet cheapies (one, after tomorrow) and two older-than-dirt FRER's (which never, ever read positive for me before 14dpo).  It's really too late to order any more online, so if I start testing TOO early, I'll have to invest in a drugstore brand (in case you're wondering, I've always tested positive first on Equate.)  I'm thinking I'll just have to bite the bullet, because I doubt I can hold out any longer than Sunday, even though I figure that Tuesday (12dpo, 7dp5dt) will be the earliest I will see anything remotely hopeful.  (And if you're still reading this, you probably need as much counseling as I do).

What about you?  Are you a pee-aholic, or do you prefer to wait to hear the official news?  What's your reasoning for doing so?  And would you ever consider crossing over to the "other" side?