I ended up buying a blank felt tip marker and filling it with water. It works pretty well for me, it also has the added benefit of washing off my fingerprints from the screen. (not terribly sure why this is getting down voted; this really is what I'm using for a stylus)
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2010/04/04/south-koreans-revolu...
http://kottke.org/10/02/meat-stylus-for-the-iphone