Every program opens when I power on...

When I am finished with using my Ma, I go up to the little apple icon and "shut down." I figured this would save some battery.
Since I updated to Mac OS X 10.7.2, every time I power on I have to then close out iCal, Safari, Word, Powerpoint, MobileMe and sometimes iTunes to declutter my screen and start whatever I want to do.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
Should I just let my computer sleep when I'm not using it? Just shut the lid or something?
I'm by no means a computer expert, so please give detailed instructions if you can. Thanks so much!

Launch System Preferences and click on the “General” icon
At the bottom of the “Number of recent items” list, uncheck the checkbox next to “Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps”

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