Well finally after a year and 3 months I have had my first lucid dream. Jeez....that took long enough! I started at the beginning of 2013 to write down my dreams and do reality checks and kept it up for about 7-8 months until I lost faith. I was still very interested in the subject but just felt I wasn't getting anywhere. Then in early January had my first lucid experience. I walked into a room and saw my reflection in a mirror and had the Aha moment......I'm dreaming! Then did two different reality checks to make sure but unfortunately it ended there. But last night I got up at 3 in the morning to take my dog out and when I got back to bed I decided to try FILD. Unfortunately it kept me awake so I just told myself, " C'mon subconscious, surely by now, you know what I'm trying to do?" So I just let it go and fell asleep. Next thing I remember is being in my office at work and seeing two of my colleagues....and I thought " it's 3 in the morning, what are you guys doing here? That is when I knew I was dreaming so I did the thumb through the hand reality check (which didn't work) and then I tried the "pinched nose" reality check and that worked....I could breathe!
Anyway, I won't go into details....it was quite short but I dint manage to float down a staircase and move through a door without opening it. The experience was great, but I just want to know from the more experienced lucid dreamers.....does this mean that it will get progressively easier to become lucid now that I have had one proper lucid dream or not necessarily?

Well that's it.....just wanted to share my excitement with everybody.
Cheers