Ok i have been trying to recognize signs in dreams for a short while now, i tent to nip my nose closed and try to breath through it when im drifting off to test, someone told me when you are dreaming you can often breath through your nose when doing this.

So last night i went to bed around 12:00, i then woke up at 5:15 and got a drink, upon returning to bed i tried the nose thing again and after a few times drifting off i could breath through my nose plugged, my immediate thought was to try a light switch and the next thing i knew i was crouched at the top of the stairs flicking the light switch with no success.

Now even though i had tried these two dream sign i never thought to myself "Hold on, im dreaming" my mind just quickly shifted and i was walking down the street with my parents. So is it possible i was just dreaming about being lucid? or could i actually have been close to lucid and not fully realized it?

-David-