I need advice on houseplant lighting for winter?

At long last I finally got some houseplants for our apartment this summer. I hated the thought of not seeing the color green through another frigid cold North Dakota winter. The problem is once the cold hits, our windows become glazed in frost, blowing snow, and ice and are very drafty. Good news is, the landlord said he'll come over and caulk and insulate them next week (about 8 yrs ago). So some of my plants will be without a good amount of light to thrive. I'm thinking that a simple, easy to install florescent light strip type unit may be best as I heard they last longer, which means less 28 mile round trips on icy roads. However, I don't have a clue if I should use grow lights or just a certain watt or if it's best to get one with 1 or 2 light tubes. Mom's green thumb never rubbed off on me. Plus she's lucky to have well sealed windows and never had to move hers. So a call to her wasn't much help. Also, I googled "florescent grow lights" and the link below caught my eye. Would this (or possibly 2) be suitable for 6-8 bright light and indirect light houseplants to spend their winter under.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_76376-1390-GU9721-GROW-WH-...

My most sensitive and needy plants are my family of baby trichodiadema densum (Miniature Dessert Rose) a beautiful Candy Corn Vine plant (Manettia inflata) I planted from seed my 8yr old gave me for Mothers day last year.(makes that one extra special) A currently struggling Aloe Vera plant I rescued from a neighbor. Plus a baby varigated spider plant and a baby peace lily that I'll be adopting as soon as I visit home in SD.

Let me know, and by any means, if you have a better idea, please share. As far as the drafts, I've taken the liberty of caulking and weatherstripping them as best I could, AND I'm going to be bull headed and deduct my expense from the rent this month with a note reminding them how many times I've voiced the issue. Unfortunately they are only single pane windows and the prospect of storm windows is but a dream. All I want is to be able to watch my plants bloom come springtime. Thanks so much for any help.