Can someone help me with my ipod and itunes playlists?

I recently downloaded itunes and just bought an ipod shuffle. I don't want all of the songs on my pc imported to the ipod, so I selected to add songs manually. I created a playlist and put the songs I want into it. When I open itunes, I can see my created playlist, but when I double click on it, it opens a window that says I can burn it to CD or share it with a friend. I have tried to drag and drop my play list to the right to select it for my ipod, but it doesn't show up. Please tell me an easy way for an idiot to add certain songs to an ipod without having to select all songs from an album or from the computer. Thanks in advance.