Or you could simply install classic shell and not do any of that.
Personally I've decided to use Windows 8 as it comes, "out of the box". Using the Start Screen as was intended, got rid of tiles I don't and will likely never use, added tiles I do use. No special "Start" anything, no special "shut down" anything.
Charms, switcher, WinKey +X (power users) menu and WinKey toggle back and forth. That's it, pure Windows 8, with only two pinned items on my Taskbar (FireFox and Outlook).
Any other 'purists' out there?