WOW!
IMO, you probably need to a reality check in more than one area of your life ...
First, you should be forever grateful that your bike didn't fall onto your daughter and hurt her with a superficial scar on her head/face, or worse.
Second, bicycle mechanics is not rocket science, and you/(everyone!) should learn the fundamentals ... your bike should not have gone out of adjustment by simply falling over onto the garage floor, driveway, or roadway EVEN IF it fell onto the crank side.
Regardless of your past exploits, or lack of, when adjusting things, you probably need to pony up for a copy of ZINN AND THE ART OF ROAD BIKE MAINTENANCE ($25? $30?) and take the time to analyze what is wrong with your bike's front derailleur BEFORE you bring it to the shop ...
In the meantime:
- Is the front cable slack when the chain is on the smaller ring?
- Is the outer plate of the front derailleur's cage no longer parallel to the chainrings?
The WORST CASE SCENARIO would be if the frame's derailleur hanger (which I think your frame has) is bent ... if that is the case, then you need someone who has some manual facility to straighten it out -- this does require a slightly higher skill level than what is needed to remove a nail from a 2x4 when using a claw hammer, but not by much.
BTW. If you truly never use the inner chainring AND the repair "estimate" the bike shop gives you is outside your current budget, then I recommend that you simply remove the front derailleur & derailleur cable and manually mount the chain onto the outer chainring OR "lock" the front derailleur in the
outer position.