I think I know where you are going with this... are you testing to see if it sends properly once it has breached the stake threshold but has not yet staked?
Please report back... I am probably going to deactivate staking on my balance so that next week I can also test this out... but as it stands all my inputs have staked since the 20th.
This is precisely what I was thinking, unfortunately my transactions appeared at 12pm UTC January 14 2014, I have a few hours left until I can attempt a transfer. I tried at 00:05 UTC and it was a no go.
Otherwise I do suggest to lock your wallet until then at least to keep it synced.