this fails @ l.5 in SPEC ONLY - on dev/browser record after .save is identical to a dump in the test

notices_controller_spec.rb

      it "should create a new notice", :real_db => true do
        @_before = Admin::Notice.count
        post :create, @post_params
        Admin::Notice.should_receive(:create).with(@post_params).and_return(1)
        Admin::Notice.count.should == @_before + 1 #<= FAILS HERE ?
        response.should redirect_to('/admin/notices/info')
      end

# SPEC FAIL  : 
# Failure/Error: Admin::Notice.count.should == @_before + 1
#     expected: 1
#     got: 0 (using ==)

# Controller : standard 
  # POST /admin/notices
  # POST /admin/notices.xml
  def create
    @admin_notice = @type.new(params[:notice])
    respond_to do |format|
      if @admin_notice.save
        format.html { redirect_on_type('Notice was successfully created.') }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @admin_notice, :status => :created, :location => @admin_notice }
      else
        format.html { render :action => "new" }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @admin_notice.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end