A couple of nights ago, I had an LD where I was at a fair or carnival like setting.
I walked up to a stand to see what a vender was selling. It seemed
he had a variety of food, but I noticed he had beer on tap. I thought,
hey, I'll see what beer tastes like in an LD! I asked him "how much?" and
he said "3 dollars." I thought, wow that's a lot.
Now already you can see how stupid I can be in an LD, worrying about the cost
of beer in a dream. I should have just demanded the beer!! But instead, I pull
out my wallet. At this point I can feel the dream fading, and that I am getting
ready to wake up, so I start to fumble through my wallet as fast as I can, trying
to pull out three dollars, thinking "I better hurry up before I wake up" instead
of trying some kind of stabilizing method.

Usually I'm not this stupid, but some times it seems I just get caught up in
an LD like it's a reality that I have no control over, even though I'm fully aware that I'm dreaming. Even though my control is only moderately succesful, I still don't even try to control the situation.
Even though it at first made me mad when I woke up, I still had to laugh at myself fumbling through my wallet like an idiot.