Okay, DV, I feel really stupid right now

I went to bed with some MILD-techniques, basic stuff like "I will be lucid", and some visualisation just before I fell asleep. Woke up at 4:30AM, and I could recall this very vivid dream of me explaining to a friend how dreaming works, telling him about lucid dreaming, RC's, the whole deal. Fun and all, except for the fact that I didn't become lucid -.-

Is this a typical newbie thing or do the experienced oneironauts get this as well?

Got up, went to the bathroom (in complete darkness), crawled back to bed and fell asleep in seconds. Woke up at 7:30AM, same thing.

Is there something I can do about this?