Coincidentally enough, I was perusing these forums yesterday, and this is one of the threads I stumbled across. Read it. Thought, "Yeah, I'd rather have my spare just in case." Then I walked out to my car in the garage (which I hadn't driven since like last Friday) and sure enough:
Put the spare on, headed over to Discount Tire this morning and got it patched, tested, balanced and mounted, all for the grand total of $0.00! Discount Tire FTW!!!