Boot Mac OS when temp copy of windows is expired?

Hello,
I have found myself in a bad situation. New Macbook Pro; installed boot camp a while back and used a temp copy of windows (use it for 30 days and then buy or dont use it anymore); I'm booting the Macbook Pro up as windows and forgot the test copy expired. Now how do I get back to Mac OS? When the thing boots it boots windows then I cannot log on because the windows copy expired. There is also a CD in the drive which I don't know how to eject because I can't get into WIndows, and therefore cannot boot off a Mac OS CD.
Can I force the system to boot Mac OS?
Thanks for any help.

Thank you for the quick reply. Also, for those who find themselves in the same situation you need to reset the startup disk once you get bakc to Mac OS or it will continue to boot into Windows.

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