Dodging the wintertime drafts....

Although our house has fairly new double-paned windows,we still get alot of drafts because there are not many trees around to block high winds and we live close to the water,so in the coldest months we seal the windows with plastic sheeting and it is not even obvious if you do a proper job of measuring,cutting and shrinking the plastic.I was loathe to undertake such a chore,thinking since the windows were not that old,they did not leak very bad-I know better now.Within 24 hours of weatherizing,I had to lower my thermostat because it was so warm in here!It doesn't cost much(about 10 bucks a kit-each kit does 5 regular sized windows)but what you could realize in energy savings over a 3 month period in the winter more than makes up for it.