#code by Lisa Noon#
shopping = []
#loop
how_many = input("how many items of shopping do you have? ")
# change str to int reusing variables name
how_many = int(how_many)
for item_number in range(how_many):
    true_item_number = item_number +1
    item = input("what is item number " + str(true_item_number) + "? ")
    shopping.append(item)
#display the list
print(shopping)
# add on to the variable item number so that you get the correct ouput
print ("You have  " + str(true_item_number) + "  things on your list ")