Sleep event

First entry, not exactly sure how I should start it off. A few nights ago, I was able to recall 4 dreams and explain each of them to my boyfriend when I woke up and started a Skype call. Normally, I am left confused when I wake up because of how vivid my dreams are. I am often left scrambling to the surface, especially if I am trapped in a nightmare. I can never tell the difference between a dream and reality. With that being said, however, because my boyfriend is so into dreams (lucid, wild, and just about anything to do with dreams really), I have started to notice things in my dreams that would normally make me think "I am just dreaming". The stupid part about this though, I am 90% of the time not even in control of my body, it is like I am running on autopilot or I am in a video game or something. Anyhow, a few nights ago I had a strange dream where I went back in time (I am not sure how many years, but my neighbors were not there anymore so I am assuming more than 10 years ago), which made my surrounding world appear in black and white. In most of my dreams, I am being chased by something, and in this particular case it was a man with a really messed up face. Trying to recall the dream now is hard, because I did not really care to hold tightly to the details, but the interesting part was going into the little "Sam's Market" about a half mile from my house. When I walked in, color was retained again and for some odd reason it was more like a 7-11, not like how the actual layout of the store really is. I wandered up and down the isles, picking up a twinkie and then putting it back. I cannot remember much after that, to be honest. I honestly think the only reason I had a lucid dream (about a month ago) in the first place, was because I was talking about it RIGHT before I went to sleep, I was playing unblock me (which ironically helps me ease into sleep) and I had been waking up every hour (pretty sure I have insomnia of some sort). I guess I just have to do reality checks every hour for a week until I can try and become lucid in my dreams. I do not really fancy being chased around all the time.