Lots of good advice in this thread, but there is still one thing that is confusing me.

I didn't really explain very well in my OP, but this happened before sleeping, and under normal circumstances you don't start to dream until you have slept for at least an hour and a half. So, I normally shouldn't have been able to WILD, but I came very close to it, twice, and without particularly trying to make it happen either time.

So is there some sort of wall that would prevent this from turning into a full on lucid dream? Or do I have some special ability to WILD without WBTB? Probably the first one but still want to ask.