Finally!
After we drove the 40 minutes back to the all you can eat buffet to check on her, she started up no problem.. then was running fine, Jeremy ran to PepBoys and then she wouldn't start up again.. we finally sucked it up, bought the starter, Jeremy took her to the mechanic, they decided it wasn't the starter, but the battery... so we replaced the battery, and finally, after a week of her acting erratic, she's fixed!