last night I dreamed of taking something out of a drawer and putting it in my pocket, then I was still dreaming but I got the notion that I woke up with it still in my pocket, so I went back to sleep and start dreaming, before i do I noticed that I'm dreaming, shot some fire balls and stuff, and met this person I've been meaning to in the dream

Is it possible this isn't lucid and just brought on by my mantras, I mean could you not be lucid even if you know you were dreaming and etc, I didn't feel as alive or refreshed as the one before. But still did feel like I did what I wanted to do, could it be my subconcious doign what I wished for before bed? or am I doing them in the dream?